Central sensitization in fibromyalgia? A systematic review on structural and functional brain MRI

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-75

  Cagnie, Barbara ^a   Coppieters, Iris ^a   Denecker, Sien ^a   Six, Jasmien ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a   Meeus, Mira ^a,b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Pain in Motion Research Group   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(rs) fMRI; Brain activity; Central sensitization; Chronic pain; Functional connectivity; Gray matter; Hyperalgesia; Pain matrix; Temporal summation; VBM

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ATTENTION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL SENSITIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84905276129     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.01.001     Document Type: Review

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