Occipital nerve stimulation for headache: Mechanisms and efficacy

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Goadsby, Peter J ^a,b,e   Bartsch, Thorsten ^c   Dodick, David W ^d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Headache; Migraine; Occipital nerve stimulation; Pain modulation; Trigeminocervical complex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLUSTER HEADACHE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMANS;

EID: 38749138128     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.01022.x     Document Type: Review

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