Association of pain and CNS structural changes after spinal cord injury

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jutzeler, Catherine R ^a   Huber, Eveline ^a   Callaghan, Martina F ^d   Luechinger, Roger ^c   Curt, Armin ^a   Kramer, John L K ^a,b   Freund, Patrick ^a,d,e  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953288197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18534     Document Type: Article

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