Brain morphological signatures for chronic pain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Baliki, Marwan N ^a   Schnitzer, Thomas J ^b   Bauer, William R ^c   Apkarian, A Vania ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; ORGAN SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054073284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026010     Document Type: Article

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