[Somatosensory evoked potentials and their dynamics among trigeminal neuralgia patients during reflexotherapy].
The study of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) in patients with trigeminal neuralgia made it possible to elucidate their characteristic changes as compared to those in healthy subjects. After a course of acupuncture 75% of the patients showed correlation between some parameters of SSEP and positive clinical results. The authors discuss pathophysiological mechanisms of impairment of cortico-subcortical interactions in patients with trigeminal neuralgia and analyze the possibility of using SSEP for dynamic evaluation of the brain status in the process of treatment.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
Somatosensornye vyzvannye potentsialy i ikh dinamika u bol'nykh nevralgieĭ troĭnichnogo nerva v protsesse refleksoterapii.