Brain gray matter decrease in chronic pain is the consequence and not the cause of pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 44, 2009, Pages 13746-13750

  Rodriguez Raecke, Rea ^a   Niemeier, Andreas ^a   Ihle, Kristin ^a   Ruether, Wolfgang ^a   May, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 70449369612     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3687-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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