Thalamic stimulation in neuropathic pain : 27 years later

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-71

  Gybels, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical results; Deep brain stimulation; Human; Mechanisms; Neuropathic pain; Structural and functional neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; THALAMUS;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035293428     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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