Brain imaging in fibromyalgia syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6 SUPPL. 69, 2011, Pages

  Staud, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MILNACIPRAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELLING; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN STEM; CATASTROPHIZING; CEREBELLUM; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HEAT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAIN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECEPTOR BINDING; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME;

BRAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME;

EID: 84858816776     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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