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Editorial
. 2023 Oct 23:4:1293919.
doi: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1293919. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Advancements in deep brain stimulation for chronic pain control

Michael D Staudt  1   2 , Nasser K Yaghi  3 , David J Mazur-Hart  4 , Prasad Shirvalkar  4   5
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Editorial

Editorial: Advancements in deep brain stimulation for chronic pain control

Michael D Staudt et al. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). .
No abstract available

Keywords: biomarker; chronic pain; deep brain stimulation; neuromodulation; neuropathic pain; transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The authors declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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Figure 1
Representative display of potential brain circuits and targets for pain control through neuromodulation. Schematic depicts direct brain stimulation with an intracranial electrode or non-invasively with a transcranial magnet. ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; PAG, periaqueductal gray; S1, somatosensory area 1; VPL/VPM, ventral posterolateral and ventral posteromedial areas of the thalamus; VS, ventral striatum. Created with BioRender.com.
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