tDCS modulation of visually induced analgesia

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2419-2427

  Mancini, Flavia ^a   Bolognini, Nadia ^b,c   Haggard, Patrick ^a   Vallar, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUALLY INDUCED ANALGESIA;

ANALGESIA; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868278656     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00293     Document Type: Article

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