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  • Title: Chronic stimulation of the septal area for the relief of intractable pain.
    Author: Schvarcz JR.
    Journal: Appl Neurophysiol; 1985; 48(1-6):191-4. PubMed ID: 3915645.
    Abstract:
    Although brain stimulation techniques have changed the treatment of pain, their rationale has not yet been fully proved, and their clinical results are still frequently erratic or contradictory. In an attempt to provide alternate sites for stimulation, 10 patients were, in addition to conventional targets, chronically implanted at the septal area. Satisfactory relief of dysesthetic pain was induced by septal stimulation in 60% of the cases overall, without untoward effects. The follow-up ranged from 1 to 42 months. The available data conceivably suggest other mechanisms than the presumed exclusive activation of opiomimetic structures. They also seem to indicate that the septal area may be a suitable target for chronic stimulation.
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