Pressure Pain Thresholds Increase after Preconditioning 1 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Tonya M. Moloney; Alice G. Witney

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092540

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Pressure Pain Thresholds Increase after Preconditioning 1 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Tonya M. Moloney ,

* E-mail: molonet@tcd.ie

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and Trinity Centre for BioEngineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Alice G. Witney

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and Trinity Centre for BioEngineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Pressure Pain Thresholds Increase after Preconditioning 1 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Tonya M. Moloney,
Alice G. Witney

Published: March 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092540

About the Authors

Tonya M. Moloney

* E-mail: molonet@tcd.ie

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and Trinity Centre for BioEngineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Alice G. Witney

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and Trinity Centre for BioEngineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMM AGW. Performed the experiments: TMM. Analyzed the data: TMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGW. Wrote the paper: TMM. Designed the program used in analysis: AGW.

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