Phantom body pain in paraplegics: Evidence for a central "pattern generating mechanism" for pain

Pain

Volumn 4, Issue C, 1977, Pages 195-210

  Melzack, Ronald ^c   Loeser, John D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORDECTOMY; ELECTRONIC GATING; INJURY; NERVE ROOT; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PHANTOM PAIN; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD LESION; THERAPY; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORDOTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARAPLEGIA; PHANTOM LIMB; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0018084750     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(77)90133-6     Document Type: Review

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