Cortical and white matter alterations in patients with neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury

Brain Research

Volumn 1540, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-73

  Yoon, Eun Jin ^a,b   Kim, Yu Kyeong ^a,b   Shin, Hyung Ik ^c   Lee, Youngjo ^d   Kim, Sang Eun ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DTI; FDG PET; MR ; Neuropathic pain; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DSM-IV; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

DTI; FDG-PET; MRI; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84901833363     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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