Capsaicin-induced thermal hyperalgesia and sensitization in the human trigeminal nociceptive pathway: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1586-1600

  Moulton, Eric A ^a   Pendse, Gautam ^a   Morris, Susie ^a   Strassman, Andrew ^b   Aiello Lammens, Matthew ^a   Becerra, Lino ^a   Borsook, David ^a,c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brush; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Pain; S1; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; LUBRIDERM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THALAMUS; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 34147218119     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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