The responsive amygdala: Treatment-induced alterations in functional connectivity in pediatric complex regional pain syndrome

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1727-1742

  Simons, L E ^a,b   Pielech, M ^a   Erpelding, N ^a,b   Linnman, C ^a,b   Moulton, E ^a,b   Sava, S ^a   Lebel, A ^a,b   Serrano, P ^a   Sethna, N ^a,b   Berde, C ^a,b   Becerra, L ^a,b   Borsook, D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Children; Chronic pain; Fear; FMRI; Neuropathic; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBCORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84926417635     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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