A possible neural mechanism for photosensitivity in chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 868-878

  Martenson, Melissa E ^a   Halawa, Omar I ^b   Tonsfeldt, Karen J ^a   Maxwell, Charlene A ^b   Hammack, Nora ^a   Mist, Scott D ^b   Pennesi, Mark E ^b   Bennett, Robert M ^b   Mauer, Kim M ^b   Jones, Kim D ^b   Heinriche, Mary M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending control; Fibromyalgia; Multisensory hypersensitivity; Pain modulation; Rostral ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIRING RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SPIKE; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; BRAIN STEM; HYPERALGESIA; LIGHT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LIGHT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84973334337     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000450     Document Type: Article

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