Amygdala activity contributes to the dissociative effect of cannabis on pain perception

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-134

  Lee, Michael C ^a,d   Ploner, Markus ^a,b   Wiech, Katja ^a   Bingel, Ulrike ^a,c   Wanigasekera, Vishvarani ^a   Brooks, Jonathan ^a   Menon, David K ^d   Tracey, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain; Cannabinoids; fMRI; Humans; Hyperalgesia; Pain

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; DRONABINOL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISSOCIATIVE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84871625509     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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