Neural processing of sensory and emotional-communicative information associated with the perception of vicarious pain

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Vachon Presseau, E ^a,b,c   Roy, M ^e   Martel, M O ^d   Albouy, G ^b,c   Chen, J ^a,b,c   Budell, L ^a,b,c,f   Sullivan, M J ^d   Jackson, P L ^f   Rainville, P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Inferior frontal gyrus (IFG); Inferior parietal lobule (IPL); Pain communication; Vicarious pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY ANALYSIS; VICARIOUS PAIN; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864410991     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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