When gut feelings teach the brain to fear pain: Context-dependent activation of the central fear network in a novel interoceptive conditioning paradigm

The relevance of contextual factors in shaping neural mechanisms underlying visceral pain-related fear learning remains elusive. However, benign interoceptive sensations, which shape patients’ clinical reality, may context-dependently become conditioned predictors of impending visceral pain. In a no...

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Main Authors: Adriane Icenhour, Liubov Petrakova, Nelly Hazzan, Nina Theysohn, Christian J. Merz, Sigrid Elsenbruch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:NeuroImage
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811921005061