Short trains of intra-epidermal electrical stimulation to elicit reliable behavioral and electrophysiological responses to the selective activation of nociceptors in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 561, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-73

  Mouraux, André ^a   Marot, Emilie ^a   Legrain, Valéry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Input strength; Intra epidermal stimulation; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAEPIDERMAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN RECEPTOR; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EVOKED POTENTIALS; INPUT STRENGTH; INTRA-EPIDERMAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892467157     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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