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Low-rate repetitive TMS allays central pain
S Canavero1, V Bonicalzi, M Dotta
1Pain Relief Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy. solara@infinito.it
Neurological Research
|March 15, 2003
Abstract:
Only about 50% of central pain patients respond to motor cortex stimulation in the long run. There is a need for prognostic factors. Here we show that propofol test and TMS both predict short-term effect in nine patients with central pain. This may help reduce the number of failures.