Dimensions of pain catastrophizing and specific structural and functional alterations in patients with chronic pain: evidence in medication-overuse headache.

Conclusion: PC dimensions are associated with a specific structural and functional neuroanatomical pattern, which is different from the pattern observed when PC is considered as a single score. The involvement of basal ganglia and cerebellum needs further investigation.
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Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry - September 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christidi F, Karavasilis E, Michels L, Riederer F, Velonakis G, Anagnostou E, Ferentinos P, Kollias S, Efstathopoulos E, Kelekis N, Kararizou E Tags: World J Biol Psychiatry Source Type: research