Central post-stroke pain: current evidence.

Gyanendra Kumar, Chetan Rasiklal Soni

Journal: Journal of the neurological sciences 2009;284(1-2):10-7

PMID: 19419737

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Abstract

This article reviews the definition, epidemiology, and current evidence on pathophysiology, neuroanatomy, clinical features, and treatment of central post-stroke pain.

Address: Department of Neurology, University of Missouri-Healthcare Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.04.030

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MeSH Terms: Aged, Analgesia, Analgesics, Anticonvulsants, Antidepressive Agents, Brain, Clinical Trials as Topic, Electric Stimulation Therapy, Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Female, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Neurological, Pain, Pain Management, Prevalence, Sodium Channel Blockers, Stroke, Thalamus