Deep brain stimulation for chronic pain

Journal of Pain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-314

  Kringelbach, Morten L ^a,b,c   Pereira, Erlick A C ^d   Green, Alexander L ^d   Owen, Sarah L F ^b   Aziz, Tipu Z ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Chronic pain; Cingulate; Functional neurosurgery; Local field potentials; Magnetoencephalography; Neuroimaging; Neuropathic pain; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Periaqueductal gray; Pleasure; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANALGESIA; ATAXIA; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DYSKINESIA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSULA; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MANIA; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PENIS ERECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 77955811482     PISSN: 19395914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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