Peripheral fiber correlates to noxious thermal stimulation in humans
Neuroscience LettersPublished 1 May 1980
Bernard Kenton, Roger W. Coger, Benjamin L. Crue, J Pinsky, Y. Friedman, A. Carmon
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Minimal conduction velocities of peripheral nerves contributing to acute thermal pain sensation in human volunteer subjects were calculated and cerebral responses were found to preclude C fiber peripheral activity from this phenomenon.
Abstract
Minimal conduction velocities of peripheral nerves contributing to acute thermal pain sensation in human volunteer subjects were calculated. Purely thermal stimulation was administered by a low power laser beam directed at the subjects' fingers, and subjective pain responses correlated with a peak in the event-related brain potential (ERBP). These cerebral responses were found to preclude C fiber peripheral activity from this phenomenon.
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