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Electrophysiological Measurements and Analysis of Nociception in Human Infants

Electrophysiological Measurements and Analysis of Nociception in Human Infants

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December 20, 2011

DOI:

10.3791/3118-v

DOI:
10.3791/3118-v

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09:18 min
December 20, 2011

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1Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology,University College London, 2Department of Clinical Neurophysiology,Great Ormond Street Hospital, 3Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Obstetric Hospital,University College Hospital, 4Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics,University of Oxford

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The assessment and treatment of pain in infants is difficult because infants cannot verbally report their experience. In this video we describe quantitative electrophysiological methods and analysis techniques that can be used to measure the response to noxious events from the infant nervous system.

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Fabrizi, L., Worley, A., Patten, D., Holdridge, S., Cornelissen, L., Meek, J., Boyd, S., Slater, R. Electrophysiological Measurements and Analysis of Nociception in Human Infants. J. Vis. Exp. (58), e3118, doi:10.3791/3118 (2011).

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