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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
Two neuroimaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and thermally induced pain are presented. Fifteen healthy right-handed subjects were imaged while they had to discern different levels of thermal stimuli in the first study and while they disengaged from the feeling of pain during constant stimulation in the second study. In the first experiment, during painful phasic stimuli, right-sided anterior insular activation as well as bilateral posterior insular activation could be shown regardless of stimulation side, as well as right-sided activation of sensory association areas in the superior parietal lobule. Also, activation of the ipsilateral sensorimotor cortex could be shown. In the second experiment, all subjects succeeded in suppressing the feeling of pain during previously painful levels of stimulation. During the early part of the tonic painful stimulation, bilateral activation of caudate head and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) as well as insular cortex and dorsal anterior cingulated cortex (dACC) was observed. During the late part of the tonic painful stimulation, anterior insular activation as well as dACC and bilateral prefrontal cortical activation could be shown. Taken together, the activation of PFC and caudate nucleus hints at an important role in the initiation (caudate) and maintenance (PFC) of suppression of the feeling of pain. No ipsilateral sensorimotor activation could be shown in the second experiment. The possible import of unwanted sensorimotor activation due to the simultaneous rating process in the first experiment is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1369-1651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Caudate Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Hyperalgesia, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Nerve Net, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Pain, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Pain Threshold, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Perception, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:19283551-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Perception and suppression of thermally induced pain: a fMRI study.
pubmed:affiliation
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospitals Ulm, Steinhövelstrasse 9, Ulm, Germany. freund-ulm@t-online.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article