Motor cortex stimulation for central and neuropathic pain: current status

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, 4160 John R #930, Detroit, MI 48201, USA Department of Neurosurgery, University of San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Review

Jeffrey A Brown et al. Pain. 2003 Aug.

. 2003 Aug;104(3):431-435.

doi: 10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00209-4.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, 4160 John R #930, Detroit, MI 48201, USA Department of Neurosurgery, University of San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.

No abstract available

Comment in

Motor cortex stimulation for central and neuropathic pain (Letter regarding Topical Review by Brown and Barbaro).
Bonicalzi V, Canavero S. Bonicalzi V, et al. Pain. 2004 Mar;108(1-2):199-200; author reply 200. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2003.11.015. Pain. 2004. PMID: 15109524 No abstract available.

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