Quantifying cerebral contributions to pain beyond nociception
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.
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14211 |