Electrical stimulation of motor cortex for pain control: a combined PET-scan and electrophysiological study

Garcı́a-Larrea, Luis; Peyron, Roland; Mertens, Patrick; Grégoire, Claude; Lávenne, F.; Le Bars, Didier; Convers, Philippe; Mauguı̀ere, François; Sindou, M.; Laurent, B.

doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(99)00114-1

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Electrical stimulation of motor cortex for pain control: a combined PET-scan and electrophysiological study

Published in Pain • Nov 1, 1999

Authors:

Luis Garcı́a-Larrea

Roland Peyron

Patrick Mertens

Abstract

Although electrical stimulation of the precentral gyrus (MCS) is emerging as a promising technique for pain control, its mechanisms of action remain obscure, and its application largely empirical. Using positron emission tomography (PET) we studied regional changes in cerebral flood flow (rCBF) in 1...

Subject

Neuroscience

Thalamus

Brainstem

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