Medial prefrontal cortex activity is predictive for hyperalgesia and pharmacological antihyperalgesia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6167-6175

  Seifert, Frank ^a   Bschorer, Kathrin ^a,b   De Col, Roberto ^b   Filitz, Jörg ^a   Peltz, Elena ^a   Koppert, Wolfgang ^a   Maihöfner, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIZATION; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LIDOCAINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 66049114376     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4654-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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