Central post-stroke pain: current evidence.
This article reviews the definition, epidemiology, and current evidence on pathophysiology, neuroanatomy, clinical features, and treatment of central post-stroke pain.
Department of Neurology, University of Missouri-Healthcare Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA. kumargy@health.missouri.edu
Gyanendra
G
Kumar
Chetan Rasiklal
CR
Soni
D000368:Aged; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D059408:Pain Management; D015995:Prevalence; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology
D000700:Analgesics; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers