Long-term antalgic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of motor cortex and serum beta-endorphin in patients with phantom pain

Neurological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 953-958

  Ahmed, Mohamed A ^a   Mohamed, Sahar A ^a   Sayed, Douaa ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Analgesic effect; Beta endorphin; Motor cortex; rTMs

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LEEDS ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS SCALE; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHANTOM PAIN; RATING SCALE; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESIA; BETA-ENDORPHIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHANTOM LIMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 80855129487     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132811Y.0000000045     Document Type: Article

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