New insights into the therapeutic potential of non-invasive transcranial cortical stimulation in chronic neuropathic pain

Pain

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-13

  Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANALGESIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLD; DIRECT CURRENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACE PAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646042202     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.02.024     Document Type: Editorial

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