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[Somatosensory evoked potentials and their dynamics among trigeminal neuralgia patients during reflexotherapy]

MeÄzerov EE, Reshetniak VK, Tauluev AM, Durinian RA.

The study of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) in patients with trigeminal neuralgia made it possible to elucidate their characteristic changes as compared to those in healthy subjects. After a course of acupuncture 75% of the patients showed correlation between some parameters of SSEP and positive clinical results. The authors discuss pathophysiological mechanisms of impairment of cortico-subcortical interactions in patients with trigeminal neuralgia and analyze the possibility of using SSEP for dynamic evaluation of the brain status in the process of treatment.