The Journal of Pain
Volume 9, Issue 11 , Pages 1058-1069 , November 2008

Neurophysiology of the Cortical Pain Network: Revisiting the Role of S1 in Subjective Pain Perception Via Standardized Low-Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (sLORETA)

Received 14 April 2008 ,Revised 10 June 2008 ,Accepted 17 June 2008.

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The Journal of Pain
Volume 9, Issue 11 , Pages 1058-1069 , November 2008

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