Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 99-108 , October 2006

Nocifensive reactions during propofol-induced loss of consciousness are not based on the development of central hyperalgesia—A functional imaging study in humans

  • Wolfgang Koppert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to the study.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Anaesthesiology, University Clinic of Erlangen, Krankenhausstrasse 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. Tel.: +49 9131 853 3296.
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  • Ralf Ringler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology I, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to the study.
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  • Christian Maihöfner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
    • ,
  • Bernd Schmitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
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  • Jürgen Schüttler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
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  • Hermann O. Handwerker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology I, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Clemens Forster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology I, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Received 8 March 2006 ,Revised 24 May 2006 ,Accepted 24 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2006.05.004

Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 99-108 , October 2006

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