The role of periaqueductal gray and cingulate cortex during suppression of pain in complex regional pain syndrome

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 796-804

  Freund, Wolfgang ^a   Wunderlich, Arthur P ^a   Stuber, Gregor ^a   Mayer, Florian ^a   Steffen, Peter ^a   Mentzel, Martin ^a   Schmitz, Bernd ^b   Weber, Frank ^c  

^a Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterior cingulate cortex; complex regional pain syndrome; functional MRI; pain; periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80053912235     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31821d9063     Document Type: Article

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