TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging central pain syndromes
AU - Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S.
AU - Greenspan, Joel D.
AU - Kim, Jong H.
AU - Coghill, Robert C.
AU - Treede, Rolf Detlef
AU - Ohara, Shinji
AU - Lenz, Frederick A.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Anatomic, functional, and neurochemical imaging studies have provided new investigative tools in the study of central pain. High-resolution imaging studies allow for precise determination of lesion location, whereas functional neuroimaging studies measure pathophysiologic consequences of injury to the central nervous system. Additionally, magnetic resonance spectroscopy evaluates lesion-induced neurochemical changes in specific brain regions that may be related to central pain. The small number of studies to date precludes definitive conclusions, but the recent findings provide information that either supports or refutes current hypotheses and can serve to generate new ideas.
AB - Anatomic, functional, and neurochemical imaging studies have provided new investigative tools in the study of central pain. High-resolution imaging studies allow for precise determination of lesion location, whereas functional neuroimaging studies measure pathophysiologic consequences of injury to the central nervous system. Additionally, magnetic resonance spectroscopy evaluates lesion-induced neurochemical changes in specific brain regions that may be related to central pain. The small number of studies to date precludes definitive conclusions, but the recent findings provide information that either supports or refutes current hypotheses and can serve to generate new ideas.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11916-007-0189-1
DO - 10.1007/s11916-007-0189-1
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17504645
AN - SCOPUS:34249790898
VL - 11
SP - 183
EP - 189
JO - Current Pain and Headache Reports
JF - Current Pain and Headache Reports
SN - 1531-3433
IS - 3
ER -