From nociception to pain perception: Imaging the spinal and supraspinal pathways

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-33

  Brooks, Jonathan ^a,b   Tracey, Irene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; fMRI; Functional; Noxious; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO; REMIFENTANIL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE;

EID: 22644434789     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00428.x     Document Type: Review

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