Transcranial magnetic stimulation over human secondary somatosensory cortex disrupts perception of pain intensity

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2201-2209

  Lockwood, Patricia L ^a   Iannetti, Gian Domenico ^b   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pain perception; Primary somatosensory cortex; Secondary somatosensory cortex; TMS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PEROVSKITE; YTTRIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SKIN; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

PAIN PERCEPTION; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TMS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882630586     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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