Motor cortex stimulation therapy in patients with thalamic pain

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-319

  Fujii, Masami ^a   Ohmoto, Yoshinori ^a   Kitahara, Tetsuhiro ^a   Sugiyama, Shuichi ^a   Uesugi, Seiji ^a   Ito, Haruhide ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuo ^b   Shiroyama, Yujiro ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamaguchi Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; motor cortex; MRI; stimulus rate; thalamic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030905411     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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