Microelectrode findings in the thalamus in chronic pain and other conditions

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 166-168

  Tasker, Ronald R ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stimuli; Microelectrode recording; Pain pathways

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; RECORDING; STIMULATION; THALAMUS; THERMAL STIMULATION; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CAUSALGIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NEURALGIA; PAIN;

CAUSALGIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 23344434396     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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