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Electrical Stimulation of the Central Gray for Pain Relief in Human: Autopsy Data

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Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 4

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 30))

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Anatomicpathological studies are reported of 5 brains in which electrical Stimulation of the periventricular—periaqueductal gray was applied for the treatment of chronic pain. It was found that the recommended target was reached in 4 cases (only 1 case out of 5 was successful as far as pain relief is concerned). PtIr electrodes caused little tissue reaction. The chronic Stimulation had not provoked lesions observable by light-microscopy.

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  1. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, A. Z. Sint Rafaël, Kapucijnenvoer 35, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    J. Gybels

  2. Unit of Neuropathology, University of Leuven, Belgium

    R. Dom

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Leuven, Belgium

    P. Cosyns

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    F. John Gillingham (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  2. Academisch Ziekenhuis, Leuven, Belgium

    Jan Gybels (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  3. Midland Center for Neurosurgery and Neurology and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Edward Hitchcock (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  4. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

    Gian Franco Rossi (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  5. Service de Neurochirurgie Fonctionnelle, Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne, Paris, France

    Gábor Szikla (Maître de Recherche C.N.R.S., Neurosurgeon) (Maître de Recherche C.N.R.S., Neurosurgeon)

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Gybels, J., Dom, R., Cosyns, P. (1980). Electrical Stimulation of the Central Gray for Pain Relief in Human: Autopsy Data. In: Gillingham, F.J., Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E., Rossi, G.F., Szikla, G. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 4. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 30. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8592-6_31

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