Increased EEG power and slowed dominant frequency in patients with neurogenic pain

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-64

  Sarnthein, Johannes ^a,b   Stern, Jair ^a   Aufenberg, Christoph ^a   Rousson, Valentin ^b   Jeanmonod, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central pain; EEG oscillations; Neuropathic pain; Thalamocortical system; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NEURALGIA; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMOTOMY; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344470186     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh631     Document Type: Article

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