Chronic pain: Lost inhibition?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1754-1782

  Henderson, Luke A ^a   Peck, Chris C ^b,e   Petersen, Esben T ^c   Rae, Caroline D ^d   Youssef, Andrew M ^a   Reeves, Jenna M ^a   Wilcox, Sophie L ^a   Akhter, Rahena ^b   Murray, Greg M ^b   Gustin, Sylvia M ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy and Histology ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876573249     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0174-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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