Debates on the dorsomedial prefrontal/dorsal anterior cingulate cortex: insights for future research

N Clairis, A Lopez-Persem - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex/dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dmPFC/dACC) is a brain
area subject to many theories and debates over its function (s). Even its precise anatomical …

First-in-human prediction of chronic pain state using intracranial neural biomarkers

P Shirvalkar, J Prosky, G Chin, P Ahmadipour… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic pain syndromes are often refractory to treatment and cause substantial suffering
and disability. Pain severity is often measured through subjective report, while objective …

Safinamide for pain management in patients with Parkinson's disease

D Abilashimova, M Aubakirova, Y Abdildin… - Revue …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Pain is often neglected in Parkinson's disease (PD), although it impacts most
PD patients. While the mechanism of pain in PD is still being studied, various …

[HTML][HTML] A novel theta-controlled vibrotactile brain–computer interface to treat chronic pain: a pilot study

P Demarest, N Rustamov, J Swift, T Xie, M Adamek… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Limitations in chronic pain therapies necessitate novel interventions that are effective,
accessible, and safe. Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) provide a promising modality for …

Chronic pain is associated with less grey matter volume in the anterior cingulum, anterior and posterior insula and hippocampus across three different chronic pain …

N Neumann, M Domin, CO Schmidt… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chronic pain of different aetiologies and localization has been associated with
less grey matter volume (GMV) in several cortical and subcortical brain areas. Recent meta …

[HTML][HTML] Network targets for therapeutic brain stimulation: towards personalized therapy for pain

JC Motzkin, I Kanungo, M D'Esposito… - Frontiers in pain …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Precision neuromodulation of central brain circuits is a promising emerging therapeutic
modality for a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Reliably identifying in whom, where, and …

RLWOA-SOFL: A new learning model-based reinforcement swarm intelligence and self-organizing deep fuzzy rules for fMRI pain decoding

AM Anter, Z Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pain is highly subjective, so it is always desirable to develop objective pain assessment
methods. Brain imaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

The role of evolving concepts and new technologies and approaches in advancing pain research, management, and education since the establishment of the …

H Flor, K Noguchi, RD Treede, DC Turk - Pain, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The decades since the inauguration of the International Association for the Study of Pain
have witnessed major advances in scientific concepts (such as the biopsychosocial model …

[HTML][HTML] fMRI, LFP, and anatomical evidence for hierarchical nociceptive routing pathway between somatosensory and insular cortices

H Zhu, Y Tao, S Wang, X Zhu, K Lin, N Zheng… - NeuroImage, 2024 - Elsevier
The directional organization of multiple nociceptive regions, particularly within obscure
operculoinsular areas, underlying multidimensional pain processing remains elusive. This …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed neural representations of conditioned threat in the human brain

Z Wen, EF Pace-Schott, SW Lazar, J Rosén… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Detecting and responding to threat engages several neural nodes including the amygdala,
hippocampus, insular cortex, and medial prefrontal cortices. Recent propositions call for the …