Inhibition of somatosensory evoked potentials during spinal cord stimulation and its possible role in the comprehension of antalgic mechanisms of neurostimulation for neuropathic pain

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-302

  Buonocore, M ^a   Bodini, A ^a   Demartini, L ^a   Bonezzi, C ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Neuropathic pain; Somatosensory; Therapeutic electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PULSE GENERATOR; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURALGIA; PAIN PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84857621351     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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