FMRI pain activation in the periaqueductal gray in healthy volunteers during the cold pressor test

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 236-240

  La Cesa, S ^a   Tinelli, E ^a   Toschi, N ^b,c,d   Di Stefano, G ^a   Collorone, S ^a   Aceti, A ^a   Francia, A ^a   Cruccu, G ^a   Truini, A ^a   Caramia, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold pressor test; Descending modulatory system; Fibromyalgia; FMRI; Periacqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

COLD PRESSOR TEST; DESCENDING MODULATORY SYSTEM; FIBROMYALGIA; FMRI; PERIACQUEDUCTAL GRAY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; PAIN PERCEPTION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84894232925     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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