Brain stimulation in the treatment of chronic neuropathic and non-cancerous pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 411-424

  Plow, Ela B ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b,c   MacHado, Andre ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

deep brain stimulation (DBS); motor cortical stimulation (MCS); neuromodulation; Neuropathic pain; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CRANIOTOMY; DIZZINESS; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGERY; NECK PAIN; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860662770     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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