Brain morphological signatures for chronic pain.

Chronic pain can be understood not only as an altered functional state, but also as a consequence of neuronal plasticity. Here we use in vivo structural MRI to compare global, local, and architectural changes in gray matter properties in patients suffering from chronic back pain (CBP), complex regio...

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Main Authors: Marwan N Baliki, Thomas J Schnitzer, William R Bauer, A Vania Apkarian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3192794?pdf=render