Quantifying cerebral contributions to pain beyond nociception

oleh: Choong-Wan Woo, Liane Schmidt, Anjali Krishnan, Marieke Jepma, Mathieu Roy, Martin A. Lindquist, Lauren Y. Atlas, Tor D. Wager

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-02-01

Deskripsi

Pain is affected by cerebral processes in addition to afferent nociceptive input. Here the authors develop an fMRI-based signature that predicts pain independent of the intensity of nociceptive signals and mediates the pain-modulating effects of several cognitive interventions.