Transcranial magnetic stimulation for central pain.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation recently has emerged as a therapeutic tool in neurology and psychiatry, with contradictory results. Central pain, a major chronic pain syndrome affecting millions of people worldwide, has been the focus of a few studies. Although transcranial magnetic stimulation has no role in the chronic management of such pain, it has potential as a screening procedure for the much more effective extradural cortical stimulation, a minimally invasive neurosurgical procedure that has emerged as the technique of choice in treating these patients.
Canavero
Sergio
S
Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, Via Morazzone 21,Torino 10132, Italy. solara@infinito.it
Bonicalzi
Vincenzo
V
D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000627:therapeutic use*
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