Beyond feeling: Chronic pain hurts the brain, disrupting the default-mode network dynamics

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1398-1403

  Baliki, Marwan N ^a   Geha, Paul Y ^a   Apkarian, A Vania ^a   Chialvo, Dante R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Chronic pain; Default mode network; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Resting state networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BACKACHE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38949108996     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4123-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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