Somatotopy of the sensory thalamus: inputs from directional deep brain stimulation in pain patients.
Authors
Leplus A, Isan P, Balossier A, Mouffok S, Donnet A, Papadopoulo T, Lanteri-Minet M, Regis J, Fontaine D
Abstract
The sensory ventroposterior (VP) thalamic nuclei display a mediolateral somatotopic organization (respectively head, arm, and leg). We studied this somatotopy using directional VP deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients treated for chronic neuropathic pain.
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