TDCS modulates cortical nociceptive processing but has little to no impact on pain perception

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2080-2087

  Ihle, Kristin ^a   Rodriguez Raecke, Rea ^a   Luedtke, Kerstin ^a   May, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive system; fMRI; Functional imaging; Neuromodulation; Nociception; Pain; QST; Quantitative sensory testing; tDCS; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL NOCICEPTIVE PROCESSING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NOCICEPTION; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908115909     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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