Analgesic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex in neuropathic pain: Influence of theta burst stimulation priming

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1403-1413

  Lefaucheur, J P ^a,b   Ayache, S S ^a,b   Sorel, M ^a,c   Farhat, W H ^a,b   Zouari, H G ^a,b,d   Ciampi De Andrade, D ^a,e   Ahdab, R ^a,f   Menard Lefaucheur I ^b   Brugieres P ^b   Goujon, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre d'Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur   (France)

^d HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f RIZK HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE SULFATE; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866724062     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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