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Based on experimental and clinical evidence of central pain produced by hyperactivity of deafferented neurones and associated with irritative foci at thalamic or cortical levels, stereotactic low-dose (10 Gy) radiosurgery has been performed in 3 patients with central pain syndromes. SEEG findings and results of stereotactic radiosurgery on painful conditions are presented and mechanisms of action discussed.
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Barcia-Salorio, J.L., Roldan, P., Lopez-Gomez, L. (1987). Radiosurgery of Central Pain. In: Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E.R., Meyerson, B., Ostertag, C., Rossi, G.F. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 7. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 39. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8909-2_42
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