Brainstem pain-control circuitry connectivity in chronic neuropathic pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 465-473

  Mills, Emily P ^a   Di Pietro, Flavia ^a   Alshelh, Zeynab ^a   Peck, Chris C ^a   Murray, Greg M ^a   Vickers, E Russell ^a   Henderson, Luke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Chronic pain; Locus ceruleus; Midbrain periaqueductal gray; Rostral ventromedial medulla; Spinal trigeminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH PAIN; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN RECEPTOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VENTROLATERAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; NERVE TRACT; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURALGIA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040523112     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1647-17.2017     Document Type: Article

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