Thalamic ventrobasal stimulation for pain relief: probable mechanisms, pathways and neurotransmitters
Thalamic ventrobasal (VB) stimulation, first performed by Mazars, in 1961, is a valuable means for treating central and deafferentation pain. The way it acts to achieve pain relief, however, is still a matter of controversy. In this paper, the author examines previously proposed hypotheses and sugge...
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| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações
1994-12-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1994000400022&lng=en&tlng=en |
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