Disrupted functional connectivity of the pain network in fibromyalgia

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-62

  Cifre, Ignacio ^a   Sitges, Carolina ^a   Fraiman, Daniel ^b,c   Muñoz, Miguel Ángel ^a   Balenzuela, Pablo ^b,d   González Roldán, Ana ^a   Martínez Jauand, Mercedes ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^e,f   Chialvo, Dante R ^b,g   Montoya, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; fibromyalgia; functional connectivity; partial correlation analysis; resting state

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84855643334     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182408f04     Document Type: Article

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