Brain anatomy changes associated with persistent neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1409-1419

  Gustin, S M ^a   Wrigley, P J ^a   Siddall, P J ^a   Henderson, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Neuropathic pain; Parietal cortex; Spinal cord injury; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURALGIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952871747     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp205     Document Type: Article

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