Mapping pain activation and connectivity of the human habenula

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2633-2648

  Shelton, L ^a   Pendse, G ^b   Maleki, N ^a   Moulton, E A ^b   Lebel, A ^a   Becerra, L ^a,b   Borsook, D ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Diffusion tensor imaging; Efferent; Functional connectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABENULA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HABENULA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84861121485     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00012.2012     Document Type: Article

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