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Electrophysiological Measurements and Analysis of Nociception in Human Infants
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December 20, 2011
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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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