Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) priming of 1Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) modulates experimental pain thresholds

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 534, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 289-294

  Moloney, Tonya M ^a   Witney, Alice G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Pain modulation; QST; RTMS; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873060413     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.11.049     Document Type: Article

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