Chronic neuropathic pain alleviation after transcranial direct current stimulation to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-151

  Arul Anandam, Abraham P ^a   Loo, Colleen ^a   Martin, Donel ^a   Mitchell, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASSAGE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; OSTEOPHYTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 67650034805     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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