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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karen D Davis, Chun L Kwan, Adrian P Crawley, David J Mikulis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2000-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/713265