Therapeutic stimulation of the hypothalamus: Pathophysiological insights and prerequisites for management

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Leone, Massimo ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a   May, Arne ^b   Bussone, Gennaro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; VERAPAMIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LETTER; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INDOMETHACIN; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 23444448597     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh463     Document Type: Letter

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