Positron emission tomography study of a chronic pain patient successfully treated with somatosensory thalamic stimulation

Pain

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-302

  Kupers, Ron C ^a   Gybels, Jan M ^b   Gjedde, Albert ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Analgesia; Anterior insula; Deep brain stimulation; Neuropathic pain; Positron emission tomography; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034253823     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00295-5     Document Type: Article

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