Neural circuitry mediating inflammation-induced central pain amplification in human experimental endotoxemia

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-231

  Benson, Sven ^a   Rebernik, Laura ^a   Wegner, Alexander ^a   Kleine Borgmann, Julian ^a   Engler, Harald ^a   Schlamann, Marc ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a   Elsenbruch, Sigrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Central pain amplification; Cytokines; Experimental endotoxemia; Lipopolysaccharide; LPS; Neural mechanisms; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERALGESIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED ENDOTOXEMIA; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOOD; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; VISCERAL PAIN; BLOOD; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOTOXEMIA; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTOXEMIA; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84942983020     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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