Neuroimaging of pain: What does it tell us?

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-121

  Davis, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Pain; Plasticity; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION;

EID: 80052330724     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e3283458f96     Document Type: Review

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