Dissociable neural mechanisms underlying the modulation of pain and anxiety? An FMRI pilot study.

The down-regulation of pain through beliefs is commonly discussed as a form of emotion regulation. In line with this interpretation, the analgesic effect has been shown to co-occur with reduced anxiety and increased activity in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), which is a key region of em...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Katja Wiech, Robert Edwards, Graham Lorimer Moseley, Chantal Berna, Markus Ploner, Irene Tracey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110654