Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation produces effects on brain activity: Study on the modifications of the long latency somatosensory evoked potentials

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-324

  Finazzi Agrò, Enrico ^a,b   Rocchi, Camilla ^a   Pachatz, Christa ^a   Petta, Filomena ^a   Spera, Enrico ^a,c   Mori, Francesco ^a   Sciobica, Francesco ^b   Marfia, Girolama A ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term potentiation; Neuromodulation; Overactive bladder; Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PERCUTANEOUS TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SYNAPSES; TIBIAL NERVE; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE;

EID: 67649980752     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20651     Document Type: Article

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