Illusion of Pain: Pre-existing Knowledge Determines Brain Activation of 'Imagined Allodynia'

Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 543-551

  Krämer, Heidrun H ^a   Stenner, Christian ^a   Seddigh, Susann ^c   Bauermann, Thomas ^b   Birklein, Frank ^a   Maihöfner, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DRK Schmerz Zentrum Mainz   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; neuropathic pain; pain memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; RATING SCALE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERESTHESIA; ILLUSIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 44249100614     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.01.340     Document Type: Article

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