Functional MRI brain imaging studies using the Contact Heat Evoked Potential Stimulator (CHEPS) in a human volunteer topical capsaicin pain model

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 365-371

  Shenoy, Ravikiran ^a   Roberts, Katherine ^a   Papadaki, Anastasia ^b   McRobbie, Donald ^b   Timmers, Maarten ^c   Meert, Theo ^c   Anand, Praveen ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Contact heat evoked potentials; fMRI; Neuropathy; Pain model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872681441     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S24810     Document Type: Article

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