Motor cortex rTMS reduces acute pain provoked by laser stimulation in patients with chronic neuropathic pain

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-901

  Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,b   Jarry, Gilbert ^a,b   Drouot, Xavier ^a,b   Ménard Lefaucheur, Isabelle ^a   Keravel, Yves ^a   Nguyen, Jean Paul ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Laser evoked potentials; Motor cortex; Neuropathic pain; Provoked pain; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77952421498     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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