Spectral signatures of viewing a needle approaching one's body when anticipating pain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3089-3098

  Höfle, Marion ^a,b   Pomper, Ulrich ^a,b   Hauck, Michael ^a   Engel, Andreas K ^a   Senkowski, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Beamforming; Electroencephalography; Human; Oscillations; Pupil dilation response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MYDRIASIS; NEEDLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL OSCILLATORY ACTIVITY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PAIN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885419236     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12304     Document Type: Article

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