Neurochemical analysis of primary motor cortex in chronic low back pain

Brain Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-331

  Sharma, Neena K ^a   Brooks, William M ^a,b   Popescu, Anda E ^a   VanDillen, Linda ^c   George, Steven Z ^d   McCarson, Kenneth E ^b   Gajewski, Byron J ^b   Gorman, Patrick ^a   Cirstea, Carmen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Myo inositol; N acetylaspartate; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84886593206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2030319     Document Type: Article

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