Electrical Nerve Stimulation Can Be Used as a Tool in fMRI Studies of Pain- and Tingling-Evoked Activations
Author(s) -
Karen D. Davis,
Chun L. Kwan,
Adrian P. Crawley,
David J. Mikulis
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pain research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1918-1523
pISSN - 1203-6765
DOI - 10.1155/2000/713265
Subject(s) - thalamus , somatosensory system , insula , functional magnetic resonance imaging , neuroscience , medicine , secondary somatosensory cortex , tingling , stimulation , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , psychology , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESES: To determine whether transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) provides adequate, inexpensive and simple means to image innocuous and pain-related activations in the thalamus and cortex
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