Reduction of intractable deafferentation pain due to spinal cord or peripheral lesion by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 555-559

  Saitoh, Youichi ^a,d   Hirayama, Azuma ^a   Kishima, Haruhiko ^a   Shimokawa, Toshio ^b,c   Oshino, Satoru ^a   Hirata, Masayuki ^a   Tani, Naoki ^a   Kato, Amami ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deafferentation pain; Imaging guided navigation; Motor cortex; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD LESION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CAUSALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAVIGATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548848538     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/09/0555     Document Type: Article

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