Mechanisms of spinal cord stimulation in painful syndromes: Role of animal models

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Linderoth, Bengt ^a   Foreman, Robert D ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Animal; Ischemic pain; Neuropathic pain; Spinal cord stimulation; Visceral dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DYSAUTONOMIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IRRITABLE COLON; ISCHEMIA; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; SAFETY; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPTOM; VASODILATATION; VASOSPASM;

EID: 33746469854     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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