The antalgic efficacy of chronic motor cortex stimulation is related to sensory changes in the painful zone

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1660-1664

  Drouot, Xavier ^a,b   Nguyen, Jean Paul ^a,b   Peschanski, Marc ^b   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Clinical neurophysiology; Deafferentation; Motor cortex stimulation; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0036310122     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf161     Document Type: Article

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