Altered cerebral pain processing of noxious stimuli from inflamed joints in rheumatoid arthritis: an event-related fmri study.
CONCLUSION: The results indicate normal pain sensitivity and cerebral pain processing in RA for non-affected sites, while the increased sensitivity at inflamed joints indicate peripheral/spinal sensitization. Brain imaging data suggest that disease-relevant pain processing in RA is marked by aberrations and a failed initiation of cortical top-down regulation.
PMID: 31228612 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Category: Neurology Authors: Sandström A, Ellerbrock I, Jensen KB, Martinsen S, Altawil R, Hakeberg P, Fransson P, Lampa J, Kosek E Tags: Brain Behav Immun Source Type: research
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