The pain matrix reloaded: a salience detection system for the body

V Legrain, GD Iannetti, L Plaghki, A Mouraux - Progress in neurobiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies have shown that nociceptive stimuli elicit
responses in an extensive cortical network including somatosensory, insular and cingulate …

Assessing pain objectively: the use of physiological markers

R Cowen, MK Stasiowska, H Laycock, C Bantel - Anaesthesia, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Pain diagnosis and management would benefit from the development of objective markers
of nociception and pain. Current research addressing this issue has focused on five main …

From the neuromatrix to the pain matrix (and back)

GD Iannetti, A Mouraux - Experimental brain research, 2010 - Springer
Pain is a conscious experience, crucial for survival. To investigate the neural basis of pain
perception in humans, a large number of investigators apply noxious stimuli to the body of …

Brain imaging of pain: state of the art

DL Morton, JS Sandhu, AKP Jones - Journal of pain research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Pain is a complex sensory and emotional experience that is heavily influenced by prior
experience and expectations of pain. Before the development of noninvasive human brain …

Gamma-band oscillations in the primary somatosensory cortex—a direct and obligatory correlate of subjective pain intensity

ZG Zhang, L Hu, YS Hung, A Mouraux… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Electroencephalographic gamma band oscillations (GBOs) induced over the human primary
somatosensory cortex (SI) by nociceptive stimuli have been hypothesized to reflect cortical …

The social modulation of pain: others as predictive signals of salience–a systematic review

C Krahé, A Springer, JA Weinman… - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Several studies in cognitive neuroscience have investigated the cognitive and affective
modulation of pain. By contrast, fewer studies have focused on the social modulation of pain …

Neural indicators of perceptual variability of pain across species

L Hu, GD Iannetti - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Individuals exhibit considerable and unpredictable variability in painful percepts in response
to the same nociceptive stimulus. Previous work has found neural responses that, while not …

[HTML][HTML] Oral sucrose as an analgesic drug for procedural pain in newborn infants: a randomised controlled trial

R Slater, L Cornelissen, L Fabrizi, D Patten, J Yoxen… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Many infants admitted to hospital undergo repeated invasive procedures. Oral
sucrose is frequently given to relieve procedural pain in neonates on the basis of its effect on …

Spatial sensory organization and body representation in pain perception

P Haggard, GD Iannetti, MR Longo - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
Pain is a subjective experience that protects the body. This function implies a special
relation between the brain mechanisms underlying pain perception and representation of …

The social buffering of pain by affective touch: a laser-evoked potential study in romantic couples

M von Mohr, C Krahé, B Beck… - Social cognitive and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Pain is modulated by social context. Recent neuroimaging studies have shown that romantic
partners can provide a potent form of social support during pain. However, such studies …