Chronic whiplash symptoms are related to altered regional cerebral blood flow in the resting state

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Linnman, Clas ^a   Appel, Lieuwe ^b   Söderlund, Anne ^c   Frans, Örjan ^a   Engler, Henry ^b   Furmark, Tomas ^a   Gordh, Torsten ^d   Långström, Bengt ^b   Fredrikson, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BIACORE AB   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Surgical Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Neuroimaging; Positron emission tomography; Post traumatic stress; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRESS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149185452     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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