Abnormal thalamocortical activity in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type I

Pain

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Walton, K D ^a   Dubois, M ^a   Llinas R R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Central pain; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome II; MEG; Thalamo cortical Dysrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; THALAMUS;

EID: 77953020043     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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