Evoked itch perception is associated with changes in functional brain connectivity

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-221

  Desbordes, Gaëlle ^a   Li, Ang ^a   Loggia, Marco L ^a   Kim, Jieun ^a   Schalock, Peter C ^c   Lerner, Ethan ^c   Tran, Thanh N ^c   Ring, Johannes ^d   Rosen, Bruce R ^a   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^c   Pfab, Florian ^a,d   Napadow, Vitaly ^a,b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Insula; Pruritus; Putamen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASAL GANGLION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; EVOKED ITCH PERCEPTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRURITUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRURITUS;

EID: 84919772648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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