Transcranial direct current stimulation to lessen neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: A mechanistic PET study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 250-259

  Yoon, Eun Jin ^a,b   Kim, Yu Kyeong ^a,b   Kim, Hye Ri ^c   Kim, Sang Eun ^b,c   Lee, Youngjo ^a   Shin, Hyung Ik ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FDG PET; neuropathic pain; spinal cord injury; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

FDG-PET; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURALGIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894150804     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313507632     Document Type: Article

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