Sex and disease-related alterations of anterior insula functional connectivity in chronic abdominal pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 14252-14259

  Hong, Jui Yang ^a,c   Kilpatrick, Lisa A ^a   Labus, Jennifer S ^a   Gupta, Arpana ^a   Katibian, David ^a   Ashe McNalley, Cody ^a   Stains, Jean ^a   Heendeniya, Nuwanthi ^a   Smith, Suzanne R ^a   Tillisch, Kirsten ^a   Naliboff, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; IBS; Insula; Pain; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908065244     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1683-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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