Motor cortex excitability and BDNF levels in chronic musculoskeletal pain according to structural pathology

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Caumo, Wolnei ^a,b   Deitos, Alícia ^a   Carvalho, Sandra ^c   Leite, Jorge ^c   Carvalho, Fabiana ^a   Dussán Sarria, Jairo Alberto ^a   Tarragó, Maria da Graça Lopes ^a   Souza, Andressa ^d   Torres, Iraci Lucena da Silva ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d Mestrado em Avaliacao de Impactos Ambientais em Mineracao Victor Barreto   (Brazil)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Central sensitization; Conditioned pain modulation; Fibromyalgia; Myofascial pain syndrome; Osteoarthritis; Short intracortical inhibition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84978705960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00357     Document Type: Article

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