Cortical Neuroplasticity after Focused Peripheral Radiation: Longitudinal Effects of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Classic Trigeminal Neuralgia

Introduction/Aim: Classic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a severe chronic neuropathic facial pain disorder that, despite frequently being linked to microstructural changes within trigeminal nerve root entry zone, has well-documented cortical thickness alterations. These alterations occur in brain regi...

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Main Authors: Peter Shih-Ping Hung, Alborz Noorani, Jia Y. Zhang, Mojgan Hodaie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-03-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Pain
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2019.1591916