Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s Treatment
Despite of the advance of pharmacological therapies in the last decades, therapeutic approaches to the treatment of neuropathic pain are still non-satisfactory. The patient full recovery in their daily activities is still a challenge and is based on an interdisciplinary approach involving others int...
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Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
2007-01-01
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| description | Despite of the advance of pharmacological therapies in the last decades, therapeutic approaches to the treatment of neuropathic pain are still non-satisfactory. The patient full recovery in their daily activities is still a challenge and is based on an interdisciplinary approach involving others interventions than pharmacological one. One of the challenges in treating chronic pain is that the disorder leads to plastic changes in the brain that support this condition. The development of brain stimulation techniques shows that these methods can be an important option in pain management. Recent studies have shown that these techniques revert plastic alterations for a long period of time. One simple, low-cost and secure technique of brain stimulation is the transcranial direct current stimulation. It is a non-invasive and painless procedure able to modulate locally the brain activity, providing therapeutic effects. Because of chronic pain is a debilitating symptom, one of the most important in the quality of life and is associated with a dysfunction of the central nervous system, brain stimulation may have a beneficial effect in this group of patients |
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| spelling | doaj.art-961f2abb09c34146b2bd49b3c2afb1002023-10-03T20:47:42ZengUniversidade Presbiteriana MackenziePsicologia1516-36871980-69062007-01-0192142149Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s TreatmentMoisés da Cunha lima0Universidade de São PauloDespite of the advance of pharmacological therapies in the last decades, therapeutic approaches to the treatment of neuropathic pain are still non-satisfactory. The patient full recovery in their daily activities is still a challenge and is based on an interdisciplinary approach involving others interventions than pharmacological one. One of the challenges in treating chronic pain is that the disorder leads to plastic changes in the brain that support this condition. The development of brain stimulation techniques shows that these methods can be an important option in pain management. Recent studies have shown that these techniques revert plastic alterations for a long period of time. One simple, low-cost and secure technique of brain stimulation is the transcranial direct current stimulation. It is a non-invasive and painless procedure able to modulate locally the brain activity, providing therapeutic effects. Because of chronic pain is a debilitating symptom, one of the most important in the quality of life and is associated with a dysfunction of the central nervous system, brain stimulation may have a beneficial effect in this group of patientshttp://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/702/411non-invasive brain stimulationneurophatic painpain managementtreatmentneurosciences |
| spellingShingle | Moisés da Cunha lima Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s Treatment Psicologia non-invasive brain stimulation neurophatic pain pain management treatment neurosciences |
| title | Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s Treatment |
| title_full | Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s Treatment |
| title_short | Brain Stimulation for the Neuropathic Pain’s Treatment |
| title_sort | brain stimulation for the neuropathic pain s treatment |
| topic | non-invasive brain stimulation neurophatic pain pain management treatment neurosciences |
| url | http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/702/411 |
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