Neuromodulation of the posterolateral hypothalamus for the treatment of chronic refractory cluster headache: Experience in five patients with a modified anatomical target

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1634-1641

  Seijo, F ^a   Saiz, A ^a   Lozano, B ^a   Santamarta, E ^a   Alvarez Vega, M ^a   Seijo, E ^a   De León, R Fernández ^a   Fernandez Gonzalez F ^a   Pascual, Julio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; fasciculus mammillotegmentalis; fasciculus medialis telencephali; hypothalamus; neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MIOSIS; NEUROMODULATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; WELLBEING;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 83755180284     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411430264     Document Type: Article

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