Cutaneous anesthesia of the forearm enhances sensorimotor function of the hand

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1091-1096

  Petoe, Matthew A ^a   Molina Jaque, Felipe A ^a   Byblow, Winston D ^a   Stinear, Cathy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cutaneous anesthesia; Deafferentation; Intracortical inhibition; Manual dexterity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EMLA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; CUTANEOUS FOREARM ANESTHESIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN SENSATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRILOCAINE; SKIN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84874053161     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00813.2012     Document Type: Article

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