Chronic back pain is associated with decreased prefrontal and thalamic gray matter density

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 46, 2004, Pages 10410-10415

  Apkarian, A Vania ^a   Sosa, Yamaya ^a   Sonty, Sreepadma ^a   Levy, Robert M ^a   Harden, R Norman ^a   Parrish, Todd B ^a   Gitelman, Darren R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic pain; Frontal cortex; Morphometry; Neuropathic back pain; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

AGING; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 9244255807     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2541-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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