Distinct Brain Systems Mediate the Effects of Nociceptive Input and Self-Regulation on Pain

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Woo, Choong Wan ^a   Roy, Mathieu ^a   Buhle, Jason T ^b   Wager, Tor D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; HEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF-CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922212464     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002036     Document Type: Article

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