Affective Circuitry Alterations in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a severe chronic neuropathic facial pain disorder. Affect-related behavioral and structural brain changes have been noted across chronic pain disorders, but have not been well-studied in TN. We examined the potential impact of TN (37 patients: 23 with right-sided TN, 14...

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Main Authors: Dave J. Hayes, David Q. Chen, Jidan Zhong, Ariel Lin, Brendan Behan, Matthew Walker, Mojgan Hodaie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Subjects:
DTI
MRI
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnana.2017.00073/full