Neuroimaging of the human visceral pain system-A methodological review

Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 95-104

  Frøkjær, Jens Brøndum ^a   Olesen, Søren Schou ^a   Graversen, Carina ^a   Andresen, Trine ^a   Lelic, Dina ^a   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain gut axis; Electroencephalography; Gastrointestinal tract; Imaging; Neurophysiology; Pain

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 79960022957     PISSN: 18778860     EISSN: 18778879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2011.02.006     Document Type: Review

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