Deep brain stimulation for chronic pain: Intracranial targets, clinical outcomes, and trial design considerations

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 671-692

  Keifer, Orion Paul ^a   Riley, Jonathan P ^a   Boulis, Nicholas M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Chronic pain; Clinical trial design; Deep brain stimulation; Intracranial stimulation; Periventricular and periaqueductal gray; Sensory thalamus; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STUDY DESIGN; TARGET VARIABLE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; BRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907974678     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: 15581349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2014.07.009     Document Type: Review

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