Fear avoidance beliefs in back pain-free subjects are reflected by amygdala-cingulate responses

In most individuals suffering from chronic low back pain, psychosocial factors, specifically fear avoidance beliefs, play central roles in the absence of identifiable organic pathology. On a neurobiological level, encouraging research has shown brain system correlates of somatic and psychological fa...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Michael Lukas Meier, Philipp eStämpfli, Andrea eVrana, Kim Barry Humphreys, Erich eSeifritz, Sabina eHotz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Subjects:	Amygdala Low Back Pain fMRI Vulnerability Chronic low back pain Fear avoidance
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00424/full