Deep brain stimulation for pain: distinguishing dorsolateral somesthetic and ventromedial affective targets

Neurosurgery. 2014 Aug:61 Suppl 1:175-81. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000397.

Authors

Erlick A C Pereira¹, Sandra G Boccard, Tipu Z Aziz

Affiliation

¹ *Oxford Functional Neurosurgery and Experimental Neurology Group, Department of Neurological Surgery and Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; ‡Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal.

PMID: 25032548
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000397

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Deep Brain Stimulation / methods*
Humans
Neuralgia / therapy*
Sensation / physiology

Grants and funding

Medical Research Council/United Kingdom