Is constant current or constant voltage spinal cord stimulation superior for the suppression of nociceptive visceral and somatic stimuli? A rat model

Neuromodulation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-143

  Qin, Chao ^a   Martinez, Marte ^a   Tang, Rurong ^b   Huynh, Jeff ^c   Goodman Keiser, Melanie ^c   Farber, Jay P ^a   Carman, Jacob C ^a   Wienecke, Gretchen M ^a   Niederauer, Gregory ^a   Foreman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c St Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal column; spinal cord stimulation; spinal neurons; visceral pain; visceromotor reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSTANT CURRENT SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; CONSTANT VOLTAGE SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; VISCEROMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 84859592686     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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