Targeting the affective component of chronic pain: a case series of deep brain stimulation of the anterior cingulate cortex.

BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has shown considerable promise for relieving nociceptive and neuropathic symptoms of refractory chronic pain. Nevertheless, for some patients, standard DBS for pain remains poorly efficacious. Pain is a multidimensional experience with an affective component:...

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Autors principals: Boccard, S, Fitzgerald, J, Pereira, E, Moir, L, Van Hartevelt, T, Kringelbach, M, Green, A, Aziz, T
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2014

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