Table of Contents
Special Issue: Brain stimulation in the treatment of pain
Edited by Helena Knotkova, Ricardo A. Cruciani, Patricia Schofield and Joav Merrick
Editorial
Brain stimulation in the treatment of chronic pain
Helena Knotkova, Ricardo A. Cruciani, and Joav Merrick
Review Articles
Brain changes related to chronic pain: Implications for stimulation treatment
Herta Flor
Introduction to electrotherapy technology
Marom Bikson, Abhishek Datta, Maged Elwassif, Varun Bansal and Angel V. Peterchev
Principles and mechanisms of transcranial magnetic stimulation
Monica A. Perez and Leonardo G. Cohen
Principle and mechanisms of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
Andrea Antal, Walter Paulus, and Michael A. Nitsche
Non-invasive brain stimulation approaches to fibromyalgia pain
Baron Short, Jeffrey J. Borckardt, Mark George, Will Beam, and Scott T. Reeves
Non-invasive brain stimulation therapy for the management of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Ricardo A. Cruciani, Santiago Esteban, Una Sibirceva, and Helena Knotkova
Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in protocols involving human subjects
Arun Sundaram, Veronika Stock, Ricardo A. Cruciani, and Helena Knotkova
The potential role of brain stimulation in the management of postoperative pain
Jeffrey J. Borckardt, Scott Reeves, and Mark S. George
Deep brain stimulation for chronic pain
Morten L. Kringelbach, Erlick A.C. Pereira, Alexander L. Green, Sarah L.F. Owen, and Tipu Z. Aziz
Invasive treatment of chronic neuropathic pain syndromes: Epidural stimulation of the motor cortex
Dirk Rasche and Volker M. Tronnie
Electrical stimulation of primary motor cortex for intractable neuropathic deafferentation pain
Youichi Saitoh
Brain stimulation for the treatment of pain: A review of costs, clinical effects, and mechanisms of treatment for three different central neuromodulatory approaches
Soroush Zaghi, Nikolas Heine, and Felipe Fregni
Original Article
Efficacy of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for the treatment of fibromyalgia: Results of a randomized, sham-controlled longitudinal clinical trial
Angela Valle, Suely Roizenblatt, Sueli Botte, Soroush Zaghi, Marcelo Riberto, Sergio Tufik, Paulo S Boggio, and Felipe Fregni
Case Report
Cathodal tDCS over the somatosensory cortex relieved chronic neuropathic pain in a patient with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS/RSD)
Helena Knotkova, Peter Homel, and Ricardo A. Cruciani