Thalamic activity and biochemical changes in individuals with neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1027-1036

  Gustin, S M ^a,b   Wrigley, P J ^a,c   Youssef, A M ^a   McIndoe, L ^a,c   Wilcox, S L ^a   Rae, C D ^b   Edden, R A E ^d,e   Siddall, P J ^c,f   Henderson, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FM Kirby Research Center for Functional MRI   (United States)

^f GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma amino butyric acid; MRI; Neuropathic pain; Spinal cord injury; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; SPIN LABELING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THALAMUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; METABOLISM; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPIN LABELING;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPIN LABELS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84898597818     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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