Neuronal activity in the region of the thalamic principal sensory nucleus (ventralis caudalis) in patients with pain following amputations

Neuroscience

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1065-1081

  Lenz, F A ^a   Garonzik, I M ^a   Zirh, T A ^a   Dougherty, P M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Deafferentation; Human; Neurophysiology; Thalamus; Ventral posterior nucleus

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DEAFFERENTATION; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHANTOM LIMB; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0032543606     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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