Patient-conducted anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex alleviates pain in trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hagenacker, Tim ^a   Bude, Vera ^a   Naegel, Steffen ^a   Holle, Dagny ^a   Katsarava, Zaza ^a   Diener, Hans Christoph ^a   Obermann, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical electrophysiology; Pain processing; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOXEPIN; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN; SERTRALINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIMIPRAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE BLINK REFLEX; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN RELATED EVOKED POTENTIAL; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TINGLING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERBAL RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY; BLINKING; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84919898205     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-78     Document Type: Article

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