Neurostimulation approaches to primary headache disorders

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-268

  Bartsch, Thorsten ^a   Paemeleire, Koen ^b   Goadsby, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic headache; Deep brain stimulation; Greater occipital nerve; Neurostimulation

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEADACHE; REVIEW; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67049172401     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32832ae61e     Document Type: Review

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