High thalamocortical theta coherence in patients with neurogenic pain

NeuroImage

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1910-1917

  Sarnthein, Johannes ^a   Jeanmonod, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central pain; Cortex; EEG oscillations; Neuropathic pain; Thalamocortical dysrhythmia; Thalamocortical system; Thalamotomy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THETA RHYTHM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 38849201150     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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