Operculo-insular pain (parasylvian pain): A distinct central pain syndrome

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2528-2539

  Garcia Larrea, Luis ^a,b,c   Perchet, Caroline ^a,b   Creac'H, Christelle ^a,d,e   Convers, Philippe ^a,d,e   Peyron, Roland ^a,d,e   Laurent, Bernard ^a,d,e   Mauguire, Franois ^a,b,c   Magnin, Michel ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

central pain; insula; laser evoked potentials; somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; ESCITALOPRAM; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; LASER; MALE; PAIN; PARASYLVIAN PAIN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RADIOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; STROKE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THERMOSENSING; TOUCH;

EID: 77956374809     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq220     Document Type: Article

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