Hyperexcitability in pain matrices in patients with fibromyalgia

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages S68-S72

  Truini, Andrea ^a   Gerardi, Maria Chiara ^b   Di Stefano, Giulia ^a   La Cesa, Silvia ^a   Iannuccelli, Cristina ^b   Pepe, Alessia ^a   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^c   Cruccu, Giorgio ^a   Di Franco, Manuela ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Laser evoked potentials; Pain matrix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; DISEASE DURATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPEREXCITABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPERALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOLID STATE LASER; TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LASER-EVOKED POTENTIALS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929265165     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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