Chronic pain syndromes.
Brainstem-scalp discharge propagation was evaluated in 20 patients with chronic pain, of which 10 were ranked according to the frequency of involved systems making up the chronic pain syndrome. It is concluded that brainstem discharges alone were sufficient to generate the chronic pain syndrome.
D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D059408:Pain Management; D013577:Syndrome