Thalamic sensory strokes with and without pain: Differences in lesion patterns in the ventral posterior thalamus

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 776-784

  Krause, Thomas ^a   Brunecker, Peter ^a   Pittl, Sandra ^a   Taskin, Birol ^a,b   Laubisch, Dinah ^a   Winter, Benjamin ^a   Lentza, Malamati Eleni ^a   Malzahn, Uwe ^c   Villringer, Kersten ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a,b   Jungehulsing, Gerhard J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NEUROPATHIC POST STROKE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; STROKE; THALAMIC STROKE; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84863984569     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-301936     Document Type: Article

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