Cerebral responses and role of the prefrontal cortex in conditioned pain modulation: An fMRI study in healthy subjects

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-198

  Bogdanov, Volodymyr B ^a,b   Viganò, Alessandro ^b,c   Noirhomme, Quentin ^b,d   Bogdanova, Olena V ^e   Guy, Nathalie ^b,f,g   Laureys, Steven ^b,c   Renshaw, Perry F ^d   Dallel, Radhouane ^f   Phillips, Christophe ^c,e   Schoenen, Jean ^b  

^a NutriNeuro Bordeaux University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Conditioned pain modulation; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLD; CONDITIONED PAIN MODULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABITUATION; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; INSULA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSICS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920111654     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.11.028     Document Type: Article

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