Targeting the affective component of chronic pain: a case series of deep brain stimulation of the anterior cingulate cortex
SGJ Boccard, JJ Fitzgerald, EAC Pereira, L Moir… - …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has shown considerable promise for
relieving nociceptive and neuropathic symptoms of refractory chronic pain. Nevertheless, for
some patients, standard DBS for pain remains poorly efficacious. Pain is a multidimensional
experience with an affective component: the unpleasantness. The anterior cingulate cortex
(ACC) is a structure involved in this affective component, and targeting it may relieve
patients' pain. OBJECTIVE: To describe the first case series of ACC DBS to relieve the …
relieving nociceptive and neuropathic symptoms of refractory chronic pain. Nevertheless, for
some patients, standard DBS for pain remains poorly efficacious. Pain is a multidimensional
experience with an affective component: the unpleasantness. The anterior cingulate cortex
(ACC) is a structure involved in this affective component, and targeting it may relieve
patients' pain. OBJECTIVE: To describe the first case series of ACC DBS to relieve the …