Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation in the treatment of chronic cluster headache

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-195

  Leone, Massimo ^a   Proietti Cecchini, Alberto ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a   Bussone, Gennaro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronic cluster headache; deep brain stimulation; drug resistant; hypothalamus; neuromodulation; neurostimulation; trigeminal autonomic cephalgias

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROIMAGING; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77953457012     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285610370722     Document Type: Review

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