Pain in people with Alzheimer disease: Potential applications for psychophysical and neurophysiological research

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 240-255

  Monroe, Todd B ^a   Gore, John C ^a   Chen, Li Min ^a   Mion, Lorraine C ^a   Cowan, Ronald L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; lateral pain network; medial pain network; neurobiology of pain in dementia; pain behaviors; pain processing in people with dementia; rostral pain network

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; RESEARCH;

EID: 84872337302     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988712466457     Document Type: Article

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