Abstract:Human and animal studies have suggested that the occurrence of thalamic pain (hyperpathia) is not simply a manifestation of a functional deficit in the major lemniscal pathway mediated through the ventral posterior (VP) thalamic nucleus. More effective relief of this pain has occurred following stereotaxic lesions of the centromedianum (CM) than after lesions restricted to VP. Median nerve stimulation has evoked abnormal contralateral somatosensory evoked responses (SER) in patients with lesions of VP. In this… Show more
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