[HTML][HTML] The anatomy of pain and suffering in the brain and its clinical implications

D De Ridder, D Adhia, S Vanneste - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential
tissue damage. Chronic pain, with a prevalence of 20–30% is the major cause of human …

[HTML][HTML] Role of the prefrontal cortex in pain processing

WY Ong, CS Stohler, DR Herr - Molecular neurobiology, 2019 - Springer
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is not only important in executive functions, but also pain
processing. The latter is dependent on its connections to other areas of the cerebral …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular circuits in the brain and their modulation in acute and chronic pain

R Kuner, T Kuner - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Chronic, pathological pain remains a global health problem and a challenge to basic and
clinical sciences. A major obstacle to preventing, treating, or reverting chronic pain has been …

[HTML][HTML] Pain and the triple network model

D De Ridder, S Vanneste, M Smith, D Adhia - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acute pain is a physiological response that causes an unpleasant sensory and emotional
experience in the presence of actual or potential tissue injury. Anatomically and …

A Guide to the Metabolic Pathways and Function of Metabolites Observed in Human Brain 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectra

CD Rae - Neurochemical research, 2014 - Springer
The current knowledge of the normal biochemistry of compounds that give rise to
resonances in human brain proton magnetic resonance spectra measureable at readily …

[HTML][HTML] Brain GABA and glutamate levels across pain conditions: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 1H-MRS studies using the MRS-Q quality …

AL Peek, T Rebbeck, NAJ Puts, J Watson, MER Aguila… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Background A proposed mechanism of chronic pain is dysregulation between the main
inhibitory (GABA) and excitatory (glutamate) neurometabolites of the central nervous system …

Frontostriatal gating of tinnitus and chronic pain

JP Rauschecker, ES May, A Maudoux… - Trends in cognitive …, 2015 - cell.com
Tinnitus and chronic pain are sensory–perceptual disorders associated with negative affect
and high impact on well-being and behavior. It is now becoming increasingly clear that …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics are associated with the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain

Y Tu, Z Fu, C Mao, M Falahpour, RL Gollub… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Thalamocortical dysrhythmia is a key pathology of chronic neuropathic pain, but few studies
have investigated thalamocortical networks in chronic low back pain (cLBP) given its non …

Methods and strategies of tDCS for the treatment of pain: current status and future directions

K Pacheco-Barrios, A Cardenas-Rojas… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive neuromodulation
technique that has been widely studied for the treatment of chronic pain. It is considered a …

[HTML][HTML] Disruption of default mode network dynamics in acute and chronic pain states

Z Alshelh, KK Marciszewski, R Akhter, F Di Pietro… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
It has been proposed that pain competes with other attention-demanding stimuli for cognitive
resources, and many chronic pain patients display significant attention and mental flexibility …