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occipital nerve

Known as: nerve occipital, nerves occipital 
National Institutes of Health

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2018
2018
Adding Prefrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Before Occipital Nerve Stimulation in Fibromyalgia
Objectives: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a type of chronic musculoskeletal pain without a clear peripheral origin of nociception, often… 
Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Long-term occipital nerve stimulation for drug-resistant chronic cluster headache
Introduction Chronic cluster headache is rare and some of these patients become drug-resistant. Occipital nerve stimulation has… 
2016
2016
Occipital Nerve Field Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Normalizes Imbalance Between Pain Detecting and Pain Inhibitory Pathways in Fibromyalgia
Occipital nerve field (OCF) stimulation with subcutaneously implanted electrodes is used to treat headaches, more generalized… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Occipital nerve block for the short-term preventive treatment of migraine: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study
Background Occipital nerve (ON) injections with corticosteroids and/or local anesthetics have been employed for the acute and… 
Review
2015
Review
2015
Neuromodulation in migraine: state of the art and perspectives
  • D. Magis
  • Expert review of medical devices
  • 2015
  • Corpus ID: 9740366
Migraine is a highly prevalent and disabling disease. The drugs prescribed for migraine prophylaxis can have intolerable side… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Occipital nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic cluster headache - lessons learned from 18 months experience.
OBJECTIVE Neuromodulation has been recognized as a valuable surgical treatment option for patients with refractory chronic… 
2010
2010
Ultrasonic doppler flowmeter-guided occipital nerve block
Background Greater occipital nerve block is used in the treatment of headaches and neuralgia in the occipital area. We evaluated… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Occipital Nerve Blocks: When and What to Inject?
Introduction.— Occipital nerve block (ONB) is a promising treatment for headaches. Its indications, selection criteria, and best… 
2006
2006
Botulinum Toxin A for the Treatment of Greater Occipital Neuralgia and Trigeminal Neuralgia
M Volcy, SJ Tepper, AM Rapoport, FD Sheftell & ME Bigal The New England Centre for Headache, Stamford, Department of Neurology… 
1994
1994
Localization of swimbladder and pectoral motoneurons involved in sound production in pimelodid catfish.
We localized the motoneurons and occipital and true spinal innervation of sound-producing organs in pimelodid catfish. Pimelodids… 
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