Neurons with spontaneous high-frequency discharges in the central nervous system and chronic pain

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 87, 2003, Pages 153-155

  Yamashiro, K ^a   Tomiyama, N ^b   Terada, Y ^c   Samura, H ^d   Mukawa, J ^a   Tasker, R R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^d National Okinawa Hospital   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyperactive neuron; Neurotransmitter; Pain; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0142182187     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6081-7_32     Document Type: Article

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