Electrical Nerve Stimulation Can Be Used as a Tool in fMRI Studies of Pain- and Tingling-Evoked Activations

Karen D Davis; Chun L Kwan; Adrian P Crawley; David J Mikulis

doi:10.1155/2000/713265

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2000)

Electrical Nerve Stimulation Can Be Used as a Tool in fMRI Studies of Pain- and Tingling-Evoked Activations

Karen D Davis,
Chun L Kwan,
Adrian P Crawley,
David J Mikulis

Affiliations

Karen D Davis: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chun L Kwan: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Adrian P Crawley: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David J Mikulis: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2000/713265
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 81 – 86

Abstract

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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.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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