Transcutaneous cranial electrical stimulation (TCES): A review 1998

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-538

  Limoge, A ^a   Robert, C ^a   Stanley, T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Cerebral structures; Enkephalin; High frequency pulses; Opiates; Pain; Potentiation; Surgery; Transcutaneous Cranial Electrical Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ENDORPHIN; BUPRENORPHINE; ENKEPHALIN; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; MORPHINE; MORPHINOMIMETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITROGEN OXIDE; OPIATE; PENTAZOCINE; SEROTONIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROANALGESIA; ELECTROANESTHESIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURGICAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033023832     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00048-7     Document Type: Review

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