TDCS-induced analgesia and electrical fields in pain-related neural networks in chronic migraine

Headache

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1283-1295

  Dasilva, Alexandre F ^a   Mendonca, Mariana E ^b,c   Zaghi, Soroush ^b,d   Lopes, Mariana ^d   Dossantos, Marcos Fabio ^a   Spierings, Egilius L ^c   Bajwa, Zahid ^d   Datta, Abhishek ^b   Bikson, Marom ^e   Fregni, Felipe ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

brain stimulation; chronic migraine; chronic pain; motor cortex; neuromodulation; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865861876     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02141.x     Document Type: Article

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