Noninvasive cortical modulation of experimental pain

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1350-1363

  Mylius, Veit ^a,b,d   Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^c   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,d  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Cortical stimulation; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Motor cortex; Provoked pain; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LASER; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEURONAVIGATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NONINVASIVE CORTICAL STIMULATION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84862494586     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.009     Document Type: Review

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