Thalamic pain — the effect of electroconvulsive therapy ( ECT)
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 33 (1) , 67-71
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(88)90205-9
Abstract
An open study of the effect of a standard course of unilateral ECT applied to 4 patients with intractable thalamic pain. There was no significant change in pain, personality or affective profiles after treatment. Venous plasma endorphins were measured during the ECT course and there were no significant correlations with treatment.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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