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Papers: 13 Jul 2019 - 19 Jul 2019


Human Studies


2019 Dec 01


Neurosurgery


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Functional MRI Signature of Chronic Pain Relief From Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease Patients.

Authors

DiMarzio M, Rashid T, Hancu I, Fiveland E, Prusik J, Gillogly M, Madhavan R, Joel S, Durphy J, Molho E, Hanspal E, Shin D, Pilitsis JG
Neurosurgery. 2019 Dec 01; 85(6):E1043-E1049.
PMID: 31313816.

Abstract

Chronic pain occurs in 83% of Parkinson disease (PD) patients and deep brain stimulation (DBS) has shown to result in pain relief in a subset of patients, though the mechanism is unclear.