Chronic Pain and the Emotional Brain: Specific Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fluctuations of Intensity of Chronic Back Pain

N. Baliki, Marwan; R. Chialvo, Dante; Geha, Paul; M. Levy, Robert; Norman Harden, R.; B. Parrish, Todd; Vania Apkarian, A.

doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3576-06.2006

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Chronic Pain and the Emotional Brain: Specific Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fluctuations of Intensity of Chronic Back Pain

Published in Journal of Neuroscience • Nov 22, 2006

Authors:

Marwan N. Baliki

Dante R. Chialvo

Paul Geha

Abstract

Living with unrelenting pain (chronic pain) is maladaptive and is thought to be associated with physiological and psychological modifications, yet there is a lack of knowledge regarding brain elements involved in such conditions. Here, we identify brain regions involved in spontaneous pain of chroni...

Subject

Chronic pain

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Psychology

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