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As has been shown by a number of working groups, primary fibromyalgia syndrome does not represent a single clinical entity. It is possible to distinguish between a subgroup with high pain sensitivity and no associated psychiatric condition, a second subgroup characterized by depression and concomitant pain symptoms associated with fibromyalgia syndrome, and a third group with somatoform pain disorder of the fibromyalgia type. Bland inflammatory processes must be considered as the cause in the first group, while depression is the underlying reason for the development of pain in the second group. In the third group, serious previous or still existing psychological problems or also insufficient coping with illness symptoms must be regarded as the reason for pain chronification. Group 1 benefits from a blocking of the 5-HT3 receptors by means of tropisetron, for example. This not only affects pain chronification but also the inflammatory process itself. Group 2 needs antidepressant treatment, whereas the focus should be on psychotherapy is group 3. Groups 1 and 2 will also profit from multimodal physical treatment programs; to a certain extent this applies to group 3 as well. So-called mixed types require a combination of therapeutic measures.
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- W Müller
- Rheumatologische Forschungsabteilung, Park-Klinik Bad Säckingen, Weihermatten 1 , 79713 Bad Säckingen
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Smith BW, Zautra AJ. The effects of anxiety and depression on weekly pain in women with arthritis. Pain 2008; 138:354-361. [PMID: 18289792 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2007] [Revised: 01/09/2008] [Accepted: 01/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study examined the effects of anxiety and depression on pain in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA; n=82) or osteoarthritis (OA; n=88). Anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed at the beginning of the study. Arthritis pain, interpersonal stress, negative affect, and positive affect were assessed weekly for 11 consecutive weeks. Multilevel analyses were conducted to investigate direct, indirect, and interactive effects of anxiety and depression on weekly changes in pain. When entered separately into the prediction equations, anxiety and depression were both related to elevations in current and next week pain, although the effects were nearly twice as large for anxiety. In addition, both anxiety and depression were indirectly related to current pain through negative and positive affect and depression interacted with stress to predict current pain in the RA group. When entered together into the prediction equations, anxiety alone was still related to elevations in current and next week pain. In addition, anxiety alone was indirectly related to current pain through negative affect and depression alone was indirectly related to current pain through positive affect. These results highlight the need for careful study of the differential effects of anxiety and depression and treatments that target their unique mechanisms.
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- Bruce W Smith
- Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161, USA Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, PO Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA
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Bob P. Pain, dissociation and subliminal self-representations. Conscious Cogn 2008; 17:355-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2006] [Revised: 11/19/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lang S, Kroll A, Lipinski SJ, Wessa M, Ridder S, Christmann C, Schad LR, Flor H. Context conditioning and extinction in humans: differential contribution of the hippocampus, amygdala and prefrontal cortex. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 29:823-32. [PMID: 19200075 PMCID: PMC2695154 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06624.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to investigate the role of the hippocampus, amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in a contextual conditioning and extinction paradigm provoking anxiety. Twenty-one healthy persons participated in a differential context conditioning procedure with two different background colours as contexts. During acquisition increased activity to the conditioned stimulus (CS+) relative to the CS- was found in the left hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). The amygdala, insula and inferior frontal cortex were differentially active during late acquisition. Extinction was accompanied by enhanced activation to CS+ vs. CS- in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC). The results are in accordance with animal studies and provide evidence for the important role of the hippocampus in contextual learning in humans. Connectivity analyses revealed correlated activity between the left posterior hippocampus and dACC (BA32) during early acquisition and the dACC, left posterior hippocampus and right amygdala during extinction. These data are consistent with theoretical models that propose an inhibitory effect of the mPFC on the amygdala. The interaction of the mPFC with the hippocampus may reflect the context-specificity of extinction learning.
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- Simone Lang
- Department of Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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Central representation of hyperalgesia from myofascial trigger point. Neuroimage 2008; 39:1299-306. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.09.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2007] [Revised: 09/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Suarez-Roca H, Leal L, Silva JA, Pinerua-Shuhaibar L, Quintero L. Reduced GABA neurotransmission underlies hyperalgesia induced by repeated forced swimming stress. Behav Brain Res 2008; 189:159-69. [PMID: 18255166 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2007] [Revised: 12/08/2007] [Accepted: 12/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We determined if cutaneous hyperalgesia and pain-induced c-Fos overexpression in the spinal cord produced by repeated forced swimming (FS) stress in the rat were related to changes in GABA neurotransmission by studying spinal release of GABA and the effect of positive modulation of GABA-A receptors with diazepam. Male rats were daily submitted to 10-20 min of either forced swimming or sham swimming (SS) for 3 consecutive days. Two days later, spinal GABA release was estimated by in vivo microdialysis. In other set of rats, either diazepam (2 mg/kg, i.p.) or saline was administered 1h before either SS or FS and inflammatory nociception was assessed with the formalin test; it was followed by removal of lumbar spinal cords for c-Fos immunocytochemistry. Basal and pain-evoked release of GABA in the spinal cord was lower in FS rats than in SS rats. In contrast, pain scores during formalin test late phase and pain-induced c-Fos expression in laminae I-VI of ipsilateral dorsal horn were significantly higher in FS rats than in SS rats. In FS rats, diazepam did not have effect on GABA release but reduced pain scores and overexpression of c-Fos whereas flumazenil (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.), an antagonist of the benzodiazepine binding site, reversed these effects. When diazepam was given only 1h before the formalin test, it slightly but significantly reduced pain scores during late phase in FS rats but not in SS rats. In conclusion, stress-induced reduction in GABA-A receptor activation is involved in the development of FS stress-induced hyperalgesia.
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- Heberto Suarez-Roca
- Section of Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, University of Zulia, Apartado Postal 23, Maracaibo 4001-A, Venezuela.
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Schweinhardt P, Kalk N, Wartolowska K, Chessell I, Wordsworth P, Tracey I. Investigation into the neural correlates of emotional augmentation of clinical pain. Neuroimage 2007; 40:759-766. [PMID: 18221890 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2007] [Revised: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 12/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Although depressive mood is an important psychological determinate of chronic pain, the neural circuitry that mediates its influence on the pain experience is largely unknown. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) to investigate the neurophysiological interactions between depressive symptoms and disease-relevant pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. RA is associated with chronic joint pain and swelling, but peripheral joint pathology often does not fully explain the amount of pain a patient experiences. We investigated the neural circuitry that relates joint pain and depressive symptoms and contrasted this with experimental heat pain. We hypothesized that (1) depressive symptoms influence the cerebral processing of provoked joint pain in RA, and (2) the interaction of depressive symptoms with pain processing contributes to the pain RA patients experience on a daily basis. Twenty patients underwent whole brain FMRI during which disease-relevant joint pain was provoked. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The tender-to-swollen joint ratio (T/S) was assessed as one component of the patients' clinical pain. BDI scores correlated significantly with T/S and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) activation during provoked joint pain. The association between BDI scores and T/S was partly mediated by the MPFC activation. Furthermore, the MPFC activation co-varied significantly with the FMRI signal in limbic areas and in areas that process self-relevant information. These results suggest that the MPFC may play an important role in mediating the relationship between depressive symptoms and clinical pain severity in RA, possibly by engaging brain areas important for affective and self-relevant processing.
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- Petra Schweinhardt
- Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK.
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- Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK
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- N & GI CEDD, Glaxo Smith Kline, Harlow, CM19 5AD, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopedic Centre, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK
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- Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK
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Tracey I. 3.1. High-resolution functional and structural imaging of the brain stem and spinal cord. Clin Neurophysiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rocha-Filho PAS, Gherpelli JLD, de Siqueira JTT, Rabello GD. Post-Craniotomy Headache: Characteristics, Behaviour and Effect on Quality of Life in Patients Operated for Treatment of Supratentorial Intracranial Aneurysms. Cephalalgia 2007; 28:41-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01465.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We prospectively studied headache characteristics during 6 months after craniotomy performed for treatment of cerebral aneurysms in 79 patients. Semistructured interviews, headache diaries, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Epworth Sleepiness Scales, the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) and McGill Pain Questionnaire were used. Seventy-two patients had headaches, half before the fifth day after surgery. Changes were observed in headache diagnosis, side and site in the postoperative period. Headache frequency increased immediately after surgery and then decreased over time. Headache frequency was associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms. Pain intensity was higher in women and in patients with more anxiety symptoms. An incidence of post-craniotomy headache of 40± was observed according to International Headache Society classification criteria, 10.7± of the acute and 29.3± of the chronic type. The bodily pain domain of the SF-36 was worse in patients with more anxiety symptoms. Greater frequencies of headache were associated with lower scores on bodily pain and social functioning.
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- Department of Orofacial Pain Clinic of the Dentistry Division, Clinics Hospital of the University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Borsook D, Moulton EA, Pendse G, Morris S, Cole SH, Aiello-Lammens M, Scrivani S, Becerra LR. Comparison of evoked vs. spontaneous tics in a patient with trigeminal neuralgia (tic doloureux). Mol Pain 2007; 3:34. [PMID: 17983481 PMCID: PMC2217520 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-3-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Accepted: 11/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A 53-year old woman with tic doloureaux, affecting her right maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve (V2), could elicit shooting pains by slightly tapping her teeth when off medication. The pains, which she normally rated as > 6/10 on a visual analog scale (VAS), were electric shock-like in nature. She had no other spontaneous or ongoing background pain affecting the region. Based on her ability to elicit these tics, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was performed while she produced brief shocks every 2 minutes on cue (evoked pain) over a 20 min period. In addition, she had 1–2 spontaneous shocks manifested between these evoked pains over the course of functional image acquisition. Increased fMRI activation for both evoked and spontaneous tics was observed throughout cortical and subcortical structures commonly observed in experimental pain studies with healthy subjects; including the primary somatosensory cortex, insula, anterior cingulate, and thalamus. Spontaneous tics produced more decrease in signals in a number of regions including the posterior cingulate cortex and amygdala, suggesting that regions known to be involved in expectation/anticipation may have been activated for the evoked, but not spontaneous, tics. In this patient there were large increases in activation observed in the frontal regions, including the anterior cingulate cortex and the basal ganglia. Spontaneous tics showed increased activation in classic aversion circuitry that may contribute to increased levels of anxiety. We believe that this is the first report of functional imaging of brain changes in tic-doloureaux.
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- David Borsook
- Pain/Analgesia Imaging Neuroscience (P.A.I.N.) Group, Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478-1064, USA.
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Our understanding of the neural correlates of pain perception in humans has increased significantly since the advent of neuroimaging. Relating neural activity changes to the varied pain experiences has led to an increased awareness of how factors (e.g., cognition, emotion, context, injury) can separately influence pain perception. Tying this body of knowledge in humans to work in animal models of pain provides an opportunity to determine common features that reliably contribute to pain perception and its modulation. One key system that underpins the ability to change pain intensity is the brainstem's descending modulatory network with its pro- and antinociceptive components. We discuss not only the latest data describing the cerebral signature of pain and its modulation in humans, but also suggest that the brainstem plays a pivotal role in gating the degree of nociceptive transmission so that the resultant pain experienced is appropriate for the particular situation of the individual.
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- Irene Tracey
- Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, Clinical Neurology and Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University, OX3 9DU Oxford, England, UK.
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Dannecker EA, Price DD, O'Connor PD, Robinson ME. Appraisals of pain from controlled stimuli: relevance to quantitative sensory testing. Br J Health Psychol 2007; 13:537-50. [PMID: 17681110 DOI: 10.1348/135910707x230985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Sensory testing has been advocated for the diagnosis, prognosis, and outcome evaluation of pain patients, but responses to controlled stimuli have not been well correlated to clinical pain. As an initial step for improving the clinical relevance of sensory testing, this investigation compared appraisals of and responses to controlled pain stimuli. DESIGN A prospective within subjects design was used. METHODS Heat, ischaemic, and delayed-onset muscle pain were induced in the upper extremity of 44 participants (47.7% women) during four experimental sessions. RESULTS The threat of heat and ischaemic pain was higher than delayed-onset muscle pain (F(2,86) = 5.30, p<.01, eta(2) = .11). Threat, challenge, predictability, and controllability were related to heat pain most consistently. The affective-sensory ratios of ischaemic and delayed-onset muscle pain resembled those of clinical pain and were higher than heat pain (F(2,84) = 11.64, p<.01, eta(2) = .22). Delayed-onset muscle pain meaningfully affected daily activities, which correlated to delayed-onset muscle pain ratings (rs = .60-.68, ps <.001). CONCLUSIONS Heat stimuli may be well suited for instructional manipulations of appraisals to improve the clinical relevance of quantitative sensory testing and delayed-onset muscle pain's effects on daily activities are clinically relevant.
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- Erin A Dannecker
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-4250, USA.
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Müller W, Schneider EM, Stratz T. The classification of fibromyalgia syndrome. Rheumatol Int 2007; 27:1005-10. [PMID: 17653720 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0403-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Accepted: 06/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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As has been shown by a number of working groups, primary fibromyalgia syndrome does not represent a single clinical entity. It is possible to distinguish between a subgroup with high pain sensitivity and no associated psychiatric condition, a second and a third subgroup characterized by depression associated with fibromyalgia syndrome, and a fourth group with somatoform pain disorder of the fibromyalgia type. Mild inflammatory processes must be considered as the cause in the first group, while depression is combined with fibromyalgia in the second and the third group. In the fourth group, serious previous or still existing psychological problems or also insufficient coping with illness symptoms must be regarded as the reason for pain chronification. Group 1 benefits from a blocking of the 5-HT3 receptors by means of tropisetron, for example. This does not only affect pain chronification but also the inflammatory process itself. Group 2 and 3 needs antidepressant treatment, whereas the focus should be on psychotherapy in group 4. Groups 1, 2 and 3 will also profit from multimodal physical treatment programs, to a certain extent this applies to group 4 as well. So-called mixed types require a combination of therapeutic measures.
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- W Müller
- Rheumatologische Forschungsabteilung, Weihermatten 1, 79713 Bad Säckingen, Germany.
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Yamamotová A, Franek M, Vaculín S, St'astný F, Bubeníková-Valesová V, Rokyta R. Different transfer of nociceptive sensitivity from rats with postnatal hippocampal lesions to control rats. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 26:446-50. [PMID: 17623020 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hippocampal lesions in newborn rats alter the development of mechanisms involved in the processing of nociception. The hippocampal lesion was induced by the bilateral infusion, into the lateral cerebral ventricles, of 0.25 microL of saline containing either 0.25 micromol quinolinic acid (QUIN) and/or 0.25 micromol N-acetyl-L-aspartyl-L-glutamate (NAAG) on postnatal day 12. The same amount of sterile saline was injected into the sham-operated animals (group SHAM). It was expected that the QUIN- and NAAG-lesioned rats would exhibit some differences in thermal pain perception; however, we wanted to know if the control rats would exhibit, at least in part, similar changes in pain perception as their chemically lesioned siblings with which they were housed. Young adult NAAG-injured rats exhibited increased withdrawal latencies in the tail-flick and plantar tests, whereas young adult QUIN-injured animals exhibited only marginally decreased latencies. Nociceptive responses in the SHAM rats paralleled the littermates that had been neonatally treated with QUIN or NAAG, i.e. the responses in the SHAM(QUIN) group decreased, whereas the responses in the SHAM(NAAG) group increased. No significant changes in nociception were observed in intact animals, regardless of which group they were housed with. Our results show that social factors, which were originally demonstrated only for the pain behavior, may also influence basal nociceptive sensitivity in rats. We concluded that the "sham operation" may have had a long-term, nonspecific impact on nociceptive behavior by inducing behavioral mimicry of other animals.
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- Anna Yamamotová
- Department of Normal, Pathological and Clinical Physiology, Charles University, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Ke Karlovu 4, 120 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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Coen SJ, Gregory LJ, Yágüez L, Amaro E, Brammer M, Williams SCR, Aziz Q. Reproducibility of human brain activity evoked by esophageal stimulation using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 293:G188-97. [PMID: 17395900 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00461.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Functional MRI is a popular tool for investigating central processing of visceral pain in healthy and clinical populations. Despite this, the reproducibility of the neural correlates of visceral sensation by use of functional MRI remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to address this issue. Seven healthy right-handed volunteers participated in the study. Blood oxygen level-dependent contrast images were acquired at 1.5 T while subjects received nonpainful and painful phasic balloon distensions ("on-off" block design, 10 stimuli per "on" period, 0.3 Hz) to the distal esophagus. This procedure was repeated on two further occasions to investigate reproducibility. Painful stimulation resulted in highly reproducible activation over three scanning sessions in the anterior insula, primary somatosensory cortex, and anterior cingulate cortex. A significant decrease in strength of activation occurred from session 1 to session 3 in the anterior cingulate cortex, primary somatosensory cortex, and supplementary motor cortex, which may be explained by an analogous decrease in pain ratings. Nonpainful stimulation activated similar brain regions to painful stimulation, but with greater variability in signal strength and regions of activation between scans. Painful stimulation of the esophagus produces robust activation in many brain regions. A decrease in subjective perception of pain and brain activity from the first to the final scan suggests that serial brain imaging studies may be affected by habituation. These findings indicate that for brain imaging studies that require serial scanning, development of experimental paradigms that control for the effect of habituation is necessary.
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- Steven J Coen
- Neuroimaging Research Group, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK.
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Suzuki T, Amata M, Sakaue G, Nishimura S, Inoue T, Shibata M, Mashimo T. Experimental Neuropathy in Mice Is Associated with Delayed Behavioral Changes Related to Anxiety and Depression. Anesth Analg 2007; 104:1570-7, table of contents. [PMID: 17513660 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000261514.19946.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with chronic pain frequently suffer affective disorders, particularly anxiety and depression. Although clinical research on the relationship between pain and depressive symptoms has been done, it is not clear whether pain causes depression or depression exaggerates pain. To investigate the relation between pain and affect, we measured anxiety and depression-related behaviors in mice after spinal nerve ligation using classical behavioral tests. METHODS After unilateral ligation of the left fifth lumbar nerve, we measured pain behaviors using von Frey and radiant heat tests. Activity level, anxiety-related behaviors, and depression-related behaviors were tested with open field, light-dark exploration, elevated plus-maze, and forced swim tests. RESULTS Sensory hypersensitivity was observed within a few days after ligation. Anxiety and depression-related behaviors were not seen 2 and 7 days after ligation. However, 15 and 30 days after ligation we found clear evidence of anxiety and depression-related behaviors, without loss of mobility. CONCLUSIONS Nerve injury can trigger affective disturbances in mice that appear much later than sensory hypersensitivity.
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- Takahiro Suzuki
- Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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This article reviews psychological accounts of affective influence on judgments and decisions and argues that these accounts can be enriched by insights from biopsychology. The authors show how biopsychological research helps (1) reveal the sources of values and feelings; (2) predict when affect will influence attentional, perceptual, memorial, and decision processes; and (3) identify precise mechanisms underlying the interaction between affective and cognitive systems. The authors also propose a specific biopsychological model of affective priming phenomena and show how this model deals with data that are hard to explain with purely psychological accounts. The authors conclude that a multilevel biopsychological perspective will ultimately provide a more constrained and plausible foundation for understanding psychological processes underlying affect, judgment, and decision.
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Wise RG, Lujan BJ, Schweinhardt P, Peskett GD, Rogers R, Tracey I. The anxiolytic effects of midazolam during anticipation to pain revealed using fMRI. Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 25:801-10. [PMID: 17462845 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Functional neuroimaging can distinguish components of the pain experience associated with anticipation to pain from those associated with the experience of pain itself. Anticipation to pain is thought to increase the suffering of chronic pain patients. Inappropriate anxiety, of which anticipation is a component, is also a cause of disability. We present a pharmacological functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study in which we investigate the selective modulation by midazolam of brain activity associated with anticipation to pain compared to pain itself. METHODS Eight right-handed male volunteers underwent fMRI combined with a thermal pain conditioning paradigm and midazolam (30 mug/kg) or saline administration on different occasions, with order randomized across volunteers. Volunteers learned to associate a colored light with either painful, hot stimulation or nonpainful, warm stimulation to the back of the left hand. RESULTS Comparison of the period during thermal stimulation (pain-warm) revealed a network of brain activity commonly associated with noxious stimulation, including activities in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), the bilateral insular cortices (anterior and posterior), the thalamus, S1, the motor cortex, the brainstem, the prefrontal cortex and the cerebellum. Comparison of the periods preceding thermal stimulation (anticipation to pain-anticipation to warm) revealed activity principally in the ACC, the contralateral anterior insular cortex and the ipsilateral S2/posterior insula. Detected by a region-of-interest analysis, midazolam reduced the activity associated specifically with anticipation to pain while controlling for anticipation to warm. This was most significant in the contralateral anterior insula (P<.05). There were no significant drug effects on the activity associated with pain itself. CONCLUSION In identifying a pharmacological effect on activity preceding but not during pain, we have successfully demonstrated an fMRI assay that can be used to study the action of anxiolytic agents in a relatively small cohort of humans.
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- Richard G Wise
- Department of Clinical Neurology, Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DU Oxford, UK.
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Alt A, Weiss B, Ornstein PL, Gleason SD, Bleakman D, Stratford RE, Witkin JM. Anxiolytic-like effects through a GLUK5 kainate receptor mechanism. Neuropharmacology 2007; 52:1482-7. [PMID: 17418283 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Revised: 01/29/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The hypothesis that kainate receptor blockade would be associated with anxiolytic-like effects was tested with a selective ligand, 3S,4aR,6S,8aR-6-((4-carboxyphenyl)methyl)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-decahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (LY382884). LY382884 selectively binds the GLU(K5) kainate receptor subunit (K(b)=0.6 microM) and has 30 microM or greater affinity for cloned human AMPA receptor subtypes. The anxiolytic potential of LY382884 was tested in rats responding under a Vogel conflict procedure, a pharmacologically validated model for the prediction of antianxiety efficacy in humans. Both the benzodiazepine anxiolytic chlordiazepoxide and LY382884 increased suppressed licking without affecting rates of non-suppressed licking. In contrast, an AMPA receptor selective antagonist, 7H-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-h][2,3]benzodiazepine-7-carboxamide, 5-(4-aminophenyl)-8,9-dihydro-N,8-dimethyl-, monohydrochloride (9CI) (GYKI53655), did not increase suppressed responding. The finding that a selective GLU(K5) receptor antagonist produced anxiolytic-like effects in an animal model predictive of efficacy in humans combined with data in the literature on glutamatergic modulation of anxiety suggests that kainate receptor sensitivity to glutamate might be an important mediating event in the pathophysiological expression of anxiety states. The selective targeting of kainate receptors with an antagonist could therefore be a novel pharmacological mechanism to treat anxiety disorders.
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- Andrew Alt
- Neuroscience Discovery Research and Discovery Chemistry, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285-0510, USA
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Limbic associated pelvic pain: a hypothesis to explain the diagnostic relationships and features of patients with chronic pelvic pain. Med Hypotheses 2007; 69:282-6. [PMID: 17292560 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Limbic associated pelvic pain is a proposed pathophysiology designed to explain features commonly encountered in patients with chronic pelvic pain, including the presence of multiple pain diagnoses, the frequency of previous abuse, the minimal or discordant pathologic changes of the involved organs, the paradoxical effectiveness of many treatments, and the recurrent nature of the condition. These conditions include endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, levator ani syndrome, pelvic floor tension myalgia, vulvar vestibulitis, and vulvodynia. The hypothesis is based on recent improvements in the understanding of pain processing pathways in the central nervous system, and in particular the role of limbic structures, especially the anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus and amygdala, in chronic and affective pain perception. Limbic associated pelvic pain is hypothesized to occur in patients with chronic pelvic pain out of proportion to any demonstrable pathology (hyperalgesia), and with more than one demonstrable pain generator (allodynia), and who are susceptible to development of the syndrome. This most likely occurs as a result of childhood sexual abuse but may include other painful pelvic events or stressors, which lead to limbic dysfunction. This limbic dysfunction is manifest both as an increased sensitivity to pain afferents from pelvic organs, and as an abnormal efferent innervation of pelvic musculature, both visceral and somatic. The pelvic musculature undergoes tonic contraction as a result of limbic efferent stimulation, which produces the minimal changes found on pathological examination, and generates a further sensation of pain. The pain afferents from these pelvic organs then follow the medial pain pathway back to the sensitized, hypervigilant limbic system. Chronic stimulation of the limbic system by pelvic pain afferents again produces an efferent contraction of the pelvic muscles, thus perpetuating the cycle. This cycle is susceptible to disruption through blocking afferent signals from pelvic organs, either through anesthesia or muscle manipulation. Disruption of limbic perception with psychiatric medication similarly produces relief. Without a full disruption of both the central hypervigilance and pelvic organ dysfunction, pain recurs. To prevent recurrence, clinicians will need to include some form of therapy, either medical or cognitive, targeted at the underlying limbic hypervigilance. Further research into novel, limbic targeted therapies can hopefully be stimulated by explicitly stating the role of the limbic system in chronic pain. This hypothesis provides a framework for clinicians to rationally approach some of the most challenging patients in medicine, and can potentially improve outcomes by including management of limbic dysfunction in their treatment.
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Hauck M, Lorenz J, Zimmermann R, Debener S, Scharein E, Engel AK. Duration of the cue-to-pain delay increases pain intensity: a combined EEG and MEG study. Exp Brain Res 2007; 180:205-15. [PMID: 17287993 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0863-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 12/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Expectation of pain is an important adaptive process enabling individuals to avoid bodily harm. It reflects the linking of past experience and environmental cues with imminent threat. In the present study, we examined changes in perceived pain contingent upon variation of the interval between an auditory cue and a subsequent painful laser stimulus. The duration of the cue-to-stimulus delay was systematically varied between 2, 4 and 6 s. Pain intensity and evoked brain responses measured by EEG and MEG recordings were analysed. Pain ratings from 15 subjects increased with longer cue-to-pain delays, accompanied by an increase in activity of the midcingulate cortex (MCC), as modelled from evoked EEG potential maps. On the other hand, MEG-based source activity in secondary somatosensory (SII) cortex remained unaffected by manipulation of the cue-to-stimulus interval. We conclude that activity in limbic structures such as MCC play a key role in the temporal dynamics of recruitment of expectation towards pain. Although this reaction is adaptive if the individual is able to avoid the stimulus, it is maladaptive if such opportunity is not present.
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- Michael Hauck
- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Duquette M, Roy M, Leporé F, Peretz I, Rainville P. Mécanismes cérébraux impliqués dans l’interaction entre la douleur et les émotions. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2007; 163:169-79. [PMID: 17351536 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(07)90388-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Pain is an unpleasant and intrusive sensation, warning of actual or potential tissue damage. Over the last fifteen years, functional cerebral imaging research has demonstrated the involvement of many cerebral structures in the experience of pain. BACKGROUND Intimately linked to the notion of suffering, the affective dimension of pain relies on neurophysiological systems partly distinct anatomically from those involved more specifically in its sensory dimension. Some pathways convey nociceptive information to the somatosensory cortex and the insula, contributing to the sensory aspects of pain (e.g.: sensory intensity), and secondarily, to its affective dimension. Other pathways project directly to the anterior cingulate cortex, the insula, the amygdala and to the prefrontal cortices, which are structures involved in the affective dimension of pain (unpleasantness of pain and regulation of autonomic and behavioral responses). Interestingly, these latter regions are an integral part of the cerebral emotional networks. PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUSION This close anatomical relationship between pain and emotions circuits could explain the powerful emotional impact of pain as well as the reciprocal modulatory effect of emotions on pain observed in clinical and experimental studies. More specifically, this modulatory effect might reflect interactions between emotional and nociceptive systems in the prefrontal and cingulate cortices, ventral striatum, amygdala and hippocampal regions. Taken together, these observations further attest to the emotional nature of pain experience.
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- M Duquette
- Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Kong J, Kaptchuk T, Polich G, Kirsch I, Gollub R. Placebo Analgesia: Findings from Brain Imaging Studies and Emerging Hypotheses. Rev Neurosci 2007; 18:173-90. [DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2007.18.3-4.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Corr PJ, Perkins AM. The role of theory in the psychophysiology of personality: From Ivan Pavlov to Jeffrey Gray. Int J Psychophysiol 2006; 62:367-76. [PMID: 16515814 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 01/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Psychophysiological approaches to personality have made significant progress in recent years, partly as a spin-off of technological innovation (e.g., functional neuroimaging) and partly as a result of an emerging theoretical consensus regarding the structure and biology of basic processes. In this field, Jeffrey Gray's influential psychophysiological theory of personality - now widely known as Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) - owes much to Pavlov, who devoted a large proportion of his later life to personality differences and their implications for psychiatry. In this article, we trace the influence of Pavlov on Hans Eysenck's and Jeffrey Gray's work, and then provide a brief description of RST in order to highlight some of the central problems - as well as some tentative solutions - in the psychophysiology of personality. Specifically, the importance of theory in personality research is stressed by the contrast of Gray's theoretically driven model with less fertile atheoretical (i.e., exploratory-inductive) approaches. The fecundity of RST, which has been in continual development over a period of thirty years, is discussed in the light of Karl Popper's views on the nature of science, especially the formulation of the 'problem situation', which sets up the theoretical and operational conditions under which hypotheses may be challenged and tested to destruction. In this respect, we see the truth of Lewin's [Lewin, K., 1951. Field theory in social science: selected theoretical papers. In: Cartwright, D., (Ed.). Harper & Row, New York] famous phrase, "There is nothing so practical as a good theory".
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- Philip J Corr
- Department of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
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Tomasi D, Ernst T, Caparelli EC, Chang L. Common deactivation patterns during working memory and visual attention tasks: an intra-subject fMRI study at 4 Tesla. Hum Brain Mapp 2006; 27:694-705. [PMID: 16404736 PMCID: PMC2424317 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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This parametric functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigates the balance of negative and positive fMRI signals in the brain. A set of visual attention (VA) and working memory (WM) tasks with graded levels of difficulty was used to deactivate separate but overlapping networks that include the frontal, temporal, occipital, and limbic lobes; regions commonly associated with auditory and emotional processing. Brain activation (% signal change and volume) was larger for VA tasks than for WM tasks, but deactivation was larger for WM tasks. Load-related increases of blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) responses for different levels of task difficulty cross-correlated strongly in the deactivated network during VA but less so during WM. The variability of the deactivated network across different cognitive tasks supports the hypothesis that global cerebral blood flow vary across different tasks, but not between different levels of task difficulty of the same task. The task-dependent balance of activation and deactivation might allow maximization of resources for the activated network.
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- Dardo Tomasi
- Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
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Fairhurst M, Wiech K, Dunckley P, Tracey I. Anticipatory brainstem activity predicts neural processing of pain in humans. Pain 2006; 128:101-10. [PMID: 17070996 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2006] [Revised: 08/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Previous neuroimaging studies have shown brain activity during not only the application of noxious stimuli, but also prior to stimulation. The functional significance of the anticipatory response, however, has yet to be explored. Two theoretical responses involve either a decrease or an increase in sensitivity of the nociceptive system. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, brainstem responses during anticipation and processing of thermal noxious stimuli were investigated. Twelve healthy subjects were warned prior to and then received noxious stimulation to their left hand. Behavioral data showed a positive correlation between the intensity of anticipation and pain. FMRI data revealed brainstem activation in the PAG during the anticipation period. When correlated with individual anticipation ratings, activation during anticipation included significant clusters within the entorhinal cortex and ventral tegmental area (VTA). During receipt, activation within the brainstem included the PAG, VTA, rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), and the parabrachial nucleus (PB), all elements of descending pain pathways. Using a backward model approach, we explored the functional significance of the anticipatory neural response for subsequent pain processing. Results of this regression analysis revealed that insula activity during receipt was predicted by activity in both the entorhinal cortex and VTA during anticipation. We suggest that activation in both regions before and during pain may underlie anticipation and subsequent pain modulatory responses, possibly involving the appraisal and control of attention necessary for pain modulation. Together, the results suggest a possible role of brainstem areas in anticipatory mechanisms involved in the maintenance of chronic pain.
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- Merle Fairhurst
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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Schweinhardt P, Bountra C, Tracey I. Pharmacological FMRI in the development of new analgesic compounds. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2006; 19:702-11. [PMID: 16986120 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Chronic pain is a major problem for the individual and for society. Despite a range of drugs being available to treat chronic pain, only inadequate pain relief can be achieved for many patients. There is therefore a need for the development of new analgesic compounds. The assessment of pain depends to date entirely on the subjective report of the patient, in contrast to many other clinical conditions where biomarkers that help determine the severity and stage of the disease enable the physician to monitor the course of the disease and treatment effects longitudinally. In this article, we illustrate that magnetic resonance-based imaging techniques have the potential to provide sensitive and specific biomarkers of the pain experience, as well as clarifying disease mechanisms. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) is particularly suited to investigating the effects of pharmacological agents on pain processing within the human central nervous system. Combination of FMRI and drug administration is termed pharmacological FMRI (phFMRI). In addition to outlining several methodological considerations that have to be taken into account when performing phFMRI, we discuss phFMRI studies that have already used this technique to study the effects of analgesic compounds. These studies provide promising data for the use of phFMRI as sensitive tool in assessing a potential drug effect. Such pharmacodynamic readouts obtained early in the process of drug development would not only save the pharmaceutical industry substantial amounts of money, but would also avoid the unnecessary exposure of patients to molecules with limited or no therapeutic value. We are therefore optimistic that phFMRI will be used as a tool with high sensitivity and specificity for evaluating analgesic agents in early drug development and clinical studies.
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- Petra Schweinhardt
- Pain Imaging Neuroscience Group, Department Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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Kalisch R, Wiech K, Herrmann K, Dolan RJ. Neural correlates of self-distraction from anxiety and a process model of cognitive emotion regulation. J Cogn Neurosci 2006; 18:1266-76. [PMID: 16859413 PMCID: PMC2638061 DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.8.1266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Cognitive strategies used in volitional emotion regulation include self-distraction and reappraisal (reinterpretation). There is debate as to what the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms underlying these strategies are. For example, it is unclear whether self-distraction and reappraisal, although distinct at a phenomenological level, are also mediated by distinct neural processes. This is partly because imaging studies on reappraisal and self-distraction have been performed in different emotional contexts and are difficult to compare. We have therefore investigated the neural correlates of self-distraction, as indexed by a thought suppression task, in an anticipatory anxiety paradigm previously employed by us to study reappraisal. Brain activity was measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging. We show that self-distraction recruits the left lateral prefrontal cortex. Based on a review of the existing data, we develop a process model of cognitive emotion regulation. The model posits that both self-distraction and reappraisal attenuate emotional reactions through replacement of emotional by neutral mental contents but achieve replacement in different ways. This is associated with a dependence of self-distraction on a left prefrontal production function, whereas reappraisal depends on a right prefrontal higher order monitoring process.
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- Raffael Kalisch
- Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK.
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Fischer A, Radulovic M, Schrick C, Sananbenesi F, Godovac-Zimmermann J, Radulovic J. Hippocampal Mek/Erk signaling mediates extinction of contextual freezing behavior. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2006; 87:149-58. [PMID: 16979915 PMCID: PMC1839930 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2006] [Revised: 07/26/2006] [Accepted: 08/04/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Fear memories elicit multiple behavioral responses, encompassing avoidance, or behavioral inhibition in response to threatening contexts. Context-specific freezing, reflecting fear-induced behavioral inhibition, has been proposed as one of the main risks factors for the development of anxiety disorders. We attempted to define the key hippocampal mediators of extinction in a mouse model of context-dependent freezing. Nine-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were trained and tested for contextual fear conditioning and extinction. Freezing behavior scored by unbiased sampling, was used as an index of fear. Proteomic, immunoblot, and immunohistochemical approaches were employed to identify, verify, and analyze the alterations of the hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (Erk-1/2). Targeted pharmacological inhibition of the Erk-1/2 activating kinase, the mitogen activated and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Mek), served to establish the role of Mek/Erk signaling in extinction. When compared to acquisition, extinction of contextual freezing triggered a rapid activation of Erk-1/2 showing a distinctive time-course, nuclear localization, and subcellular isoform distribution. These differences suggested that the upstream regulation and downstream effects of this pathway might be specific for each process. Dorsohippocampal injections of the Mek inhibitors U0126 (0.5 microg/site) and PD98059 (1.5 microg/site) immediately after the nonreinforced trials prevented Erk-1/2 activation and significantly impaired extinction. This effect was dissociable from potential actions on memory retrieval or reconsolidation. On the basis of these findings, we propose that hippocampal Mek/Erk signaling might serve as one of the key mediators of contextual fear extinction.
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- Andre Fischer
- Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Laboratory on Cell Mechanisms of Memory, Goettingen, Germany
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Asher Center for Depressive Disorders, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Laboratory on Cell Mechanisms of Memory, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Asher Center for Depressive Disorders, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
- *Corresponding author: Jelena Radulovic, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Asher Center for Depressive Disorders, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 9-188, Chicago, IL 60611, , Phone: 312 503 4627, Fax: 312 503 0466
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Borsook D, Becerra LR. Breaking down the barriers: fMRI applications in pain, analgesia and analgesics. Mol Pain 2006; 2:30. [PMID: 16982005 PMCID: PMC1592305 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-2-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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This review summarizes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) findings that have informed our current understanding of pain, analgesia and related phenomena, and discusses the potential role of fMRI in improved therapeutic approaches to pain. It is divided into 3 main sections: (1) fMRI studies of acute and chronic pain. Physiological studies of pain have found numerous regions of the brain to be involved in the interpretation of the 'pain experience'; studies in chronic pain conditions have identified a significant CNS component; and fMRI studies of surrogate models of chronic pain are also being used to further this understanding. (2) fMRI studies of endogenous pain processing including placebo, empathy, attention or cognitive modulation of pain. (3) The use of fMRI to evaluate the effects of analgesics on brain function in acute and chronic pain. fMRI has already provided novel insights into the neurobiology of pain. These insights should significantly advance therapeutic approaches to chronic pain.
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- David Borsook
- P.A.I.N. Group, Brain Imaging Center, Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- P.A.I.N. Group, Brain Imaging Center, Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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Papo D, Douiri A, Bouchet F, Bourzeix JC, Caverni JP, Baudonnière PM. Time-frequency intracranial source localization of feedback-related EEG activity in hypothesis testing. Cereb Cortex 2006; 17:1314-22. [PMID: 16885204 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhl042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The neural correlates of the response to performance feedback have been the object of numerous neuroimaging studies. However, the precise timing and functional meaning of the resulting activations are poorly understood. We studied the electroencephalographic response time locked to positive and negative performance feedback in a hypothesis testing paradigm. The signal was convoluted with a family of complex wavelets. Intracranial sources of activity at various narrow-band frequencies were estimated in the 100- to 400-ms time window following feedback onset. Positive and negative feedback were associated to 1) early parahippocampo-cingular sources of alpha oscillations, more posteriorly located and long lasting for negative feedback and to 2) late partially overlapping neural circuits comprising regions in prefrontal, cingular, and temporal cortices but operating at feedback-specific latencies and frequencies. The results were interpreted in the light of neurophysiological models of feedback and were used to discuss methodological issues in the study of high-level cognitive functions, including reasoning and decision making.
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- David Papo
- Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, CNRS UMR 6146, Université de Provence, Marseille, France.
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Carlsson K, Andersson J, Petrovic P, Petersson KM, Ohman A, Ingvar M. Predictability modulates the affective and sensory-discriminative neural processing of pain. Neuroimage 2006; 32:1804-14. [PMID: 16861005 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2005] [Revised: 04/07/2006] [Accepted: 05/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Knowing what is going to happen next, that is, the capacity to predict upcoming events, modulates the extent to which aversive stimuli induce stress and anxiety. We explored this issue by manipulating the temporal predictability of aversive events by means of a visual cue, which was either correlated or uncorrelated with pain stimuli (electric shocks). Subjects reported lower levels of anxiety, negative valence and pain intensity when shocks were predictable. In addition to attenuate focus on danger, predictability allows for correct temporal estimation of, and selective attention to, the sensory input. With functional magnetic resonance imaging, we found that predictability was related to enhanced activity in relevant sensory-discriminative processing areas, such as the primary and secondary sensory cortex and posterior insula. In contrast, the unpredictable more aversive context was correlated to brain activity in the anterior insula and the orbitofrontal cortex, areas associated with affective pain processing. This context also prompted increased activity in the posterior parietal cortex and lateral prefrontal cortex that we attribute to enhanced alertness and sustained attention during unpredictability.
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- Katrina Carlsson
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, MRC N8, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden, and F.C. Donders Center, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Jiménez-Velázquez G, Fernández-Guasti A, López-Muñoz FJ. Influence of pharmacologically-induced experimental anxiety on nociception and antinociception in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 547:83-91. [PMID: 16952350 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Animal studies reveal that diverse environmental stimuli that generate anxiety-like behaviors also induce antinociception; conversely, clinical data show that pain perception is reduced under anxiolysis. This study was conducted to investigate the influence of pharmacologically induced-anxiety on nociception and antinociception. Experimental anxiety levels were measured using the rat burying behavior test. Diazepam (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/kg, i.p.) or yohimbine (0, 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg, i.p.) were used as anxiolytic or anxiogenic drugs, respectively. To evaluate the influence of different experimental anxiety levels on nociception, the pain-induced functional impairment in the rat (PIFIR model) was used. Nociception was induced by an intra-articular injection of 15% uric acid into the knee joint of the right hind limb. Diazepam or yohimbine were administered 15 min before uric acid and the ability of the rat to use the injured hind limb was recorded. To analyze the influence of different levels of anxiety on the antinociceptive effects produced by acetylsalicylic acid (0, 31, 100 and 310 mg/kg, p.o.); this analgesic was administered 3.5 h after uric acid. Fifteen min before diazepam (2.0 mg/kg) or yohimbine (1.0 mg/kg) were administered. We found that, in the burying behavior test, diazepam and yohimbine produced a dose-dependent decrease or augment in the cumulative time of burying, effects denoting reduced or increased experimental anxiety, respectively. Diazepam or yohimbine, administered alone, was unable to produce nociception. The results showed an influence of anxiety on nociception since a decreased (by diazepam) or increased (by yohimbine) experimental anxiety prevented nociception. Control experiments showed that acetylsalicylic acid did not modify experimental anxiety in the burying behavior test, but effectively reversed the nociception induced by uric acid (15%) in the PIFIR model. Such antinociceptive effect was unmodified by the anxiolytic or anxiogenic actions of diazepam or yohimbine. Data are discussed on the bases of clinical- and animal-studies revealing interactions between anxiety and nociception.
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- Guadalupe Jiménez-Velázquez
- Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados - Sede Sur, Calz. de los Tenorios 235, Col. Granjas Coapa, C.P. 14330, México D.F., Mexico
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Kalisch R, Wiech K, Critchley HD, Dolan RJ. Levels of appraisal: A medial prefrontal role in high-level appraisal of emotional material. Neuroimage 2006; 30:1458-66. [PMID: 16388969 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2005] [Revised: 10/21/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Appraisal refers to the evaluation of the meaning of emotional stimuli and is considered causal in the generation of an emotional response. Cognitive neuroscience has paid little attention to a theoretical distinction between low-level appraisal, considered to be automatic and preattentive, and high-level appraisal that requires attentional and working memory resources. To disentangle low-level from high-level appraisal, we varied cognitive load in a concurrent, unrelated working memory task, while anxiety was induced through anticipation of impending pain. Confirming theoretical predictions, we show that anxiety-related activity in dorsal medial prefrontal/rostral anterior cingulate cortex (dorsal MPFC/ACC) is attenuated under high, relative to low, cognitive load. Lateral prefrontal regions previously implicated in reappraisal and cognitive emotion regulation show a similar interaction between anxiety and cognitive load. Critically, there were no changes in physiological and subjective measures of low-level appraisal outcome and emotional response generation as a function of load, allowing us to conclude that MPFC/ACC and lateral PFC activity during anticipatory anxiety reflects high-level appraisal. Our data provide neurobiological evidence for a distinction between low-level and high-level appraisal mechanisms.
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- Raffael Kalisch
- Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Functional Imaging Laboratory, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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King JA, Blair RJR, Mitchell DGV, Dolan RJ, Burgess N. Doing the right thing: A common neural circuit for appropriate violent or compassionate behavior. Neuroimage 2006; 30:1069-76. [PMID: 16307895 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2005] [Revised: 09/28/2005] [Accepted: 10/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Humans have a considerable facility to adapt their behavior in a manner that is appropriate to social or societal context. A failure of this ability can lead to social exclusion and is a feature of disorders such as psychopathy and disruptive behavior disorder. We investigated the neural basis of this ability using a customized video game played by 12 healthy participants in an fMRI scanner. Two conditions involved extreme examples of context-appropriate action: shooting an aggressive humanoid assailant or healing a passive wounded person. Two control conditions involved carefully matched stimuli paired with inappropriate actions: shooting the person or healing the assailant. Surprisingly, the same circuit, including the amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex, was activated when participants acted in a context-appropriate manner, whether being compassionate towards an injured conspecific or aggressive towards a violent assailant. The findings indicate a common system that guides behavioral expression appropriate to social or societal context irrespective of its aggressive or compassionate nature.
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- John A King
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Anatomy, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
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Alt A, Weiss B, Ogden AM, Li X, Gleason SD, Calligaro DO, Bleakman D, Witkin JM. In vitro and in vivo studies in rats with LY293558 suggest AMPA/kainate receptor blockade as a novel potential mechanism for the therapeutic treatment of anxiety disorders. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2006; 185:240-7. [PMID: 16470401 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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RATIONALE Although convergent evidence exists for a role of glutamate in the regulation of anxiety, the involvement of specific glutamate receptor subtypes has yet to be defined. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential for blockade of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA)/kainate receptors to produce anxioltyic-like effects with the AMPA/GLU(K5) (kainate) antagonist (3S,4aR,6R,8aR)-6-[2-(1(2)H-tetrazole-5yl)ethyl]decahydroisoquinoline-3carboxylic acid (LY293558) MATERIALS AND METHODS Punished responding of rats was used to determine the efficacy of LY293558. Other in vivo and in vitro studies further characterized the specificity of LY293558 for AMPA/kainate receptors. RESULTS LY293558 had a rank order of potency of GLU(K5) > or = GLU(K5/6) approximately GLU(A2i) approximately GLU(K2/5) approximately GLU(A1i) approximately GLU(A2o) approximately GLU(A3i) approximately GLU(A1o) > or = GLU(A3o) > or = GLU(A4i) approximately GLU(A4o) and >100 microM affinity for rat cortical GABA(A) receptors. Comparison of the blockade of AMPA- vs N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced inward currents demonstrated that LY293558 was five-fold more potent as an antagonist at AMPA vs NMDA receptors in vitro. In keeping with the low affinity of LY293558 for NMDA receptors, LY293558 was not effective in preventing NMDA-induced seizures in mice. LY293558 increased punished responding, a preclinical predictor of anxiolytic efficacy, at a dose that decreased unpunished responding (10 mg/kg, i.p.). Chlordiazepoxide produced comparable increases in both punished and unpunished responding. The NMDA antagonist dizocilpine [(+)-MK-801] also increased both punished and unpunished responding. CONCLUSIONS These data along with those in the literature suggest that AMPA and/or kainate receptor blockade may be an important component to producing anxiolytic-like effects and may therefore be a target for compounds with efficacy in the therapeutic treatment of anxiety disorders.
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- Andrew Alt
- Neuroscience Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
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The advent of modern functional brain imaging has created new possibilities for exploring the brain mechanisms that underly acute and chronic pain. It is now possible to explore how specific aspects of the pain experience are represented in the brain and the impact of individual attributes on these representations. This review provides an overview of the capabilities of positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging and their utility in identifying pain-evoked forebrain responses in both acute and chronic pain conditions. Also presented are sophisticated approaches to the design and implementation of such studies, with the ability to isolate cortical responses related to specific pain constructs, the complexities of interpreting hemodynamic-based responses in consideration of the underlying neurophysiology and the impact of imaging pain for diagnostic considerations. Finally, it is predicted that the ability to identify functional brain abnormalities will challenge classical boundaries between neurology, gastroenterology and psychiatry.
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- Karen D Davis
- University of Toronto, Professor, Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Canada Research Chair in Brain and Behavior, Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Room: MP14–306, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada
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Tai SK, Huang FD, Moochhala S, Khanna S. Hippocampal theta state in relation to formalin nociception. Pain 2006; 121:29-42. [PMID: 16480829 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2005] [Revised: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In the present study using extracellular electrophysiological recording techniques, we explored the temporal characteristics of hippocampal theta activation in relation to formalin nociception. Results indicate that, compared to hind paw injection of saline, formalin injection in behaving rat evoked biphasic increase in duration of dorsal CA1 theta. Such an increase broadly paralleled animal biphasic behavioral activation, especially lick and moment-to-moment agitated behaviors. Correspondingly, theta-modulated cell firing was observed following formalin injection in anesthetized rat. The formalin-induced theta activation in behaving rat was most marked during peak of theta activation in the 2nd theta state (11-40 min post-injection) comprising 73% of the time in the 5 min block. An increase in theta peak frequency was also observed with respect to pre-injection control. However, the peak of theta in the 2nd theta state mostly preceded the peak of lick and flinch of the affected paw. In the 41-60 min, following formalin injection while the animals displayed robust nociceptive flinching and lifting, the theta activity approached control levels. Furthermore, the theta peak frequency at peak of theta was higher than the corresponding values of sustained theta observed in correlation with the nociceptive behaviors; in contrast, high frequency theta rhythm was observed during formalin-induced other moment-to-moment agitated behaviors. These findings favor the notion that in the formalin model the theta state of the hippocampus reflects a neural drive that is dissociated from the duration of nociceptive experience and is not selective to the typical nociceptive indices of lick, flinch, and lift of the injured paw.
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- Siew Kian Tai
- Department of Physiology (MD9), National University of Singapore, 2 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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de Leeuw R, Albuquerque R, Okeson J, Carlson C. The contribution of neuroimaging techniques to the understanding of supraspinal pain circuits: implications for orofacial pain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 100:308-14. [PMID: 16122658 DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2004] [Revised: 10/29/2004] [Accepted: 11/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The aim of this article was to give an overview of the current knowledge of supraspinal pain mechanisms derived from neuroimaging studies, and to present data related to chronic orofacial pain disorders. The available studies implied that the anterior cingulate cortex plays a role in the emotional-affective component of pain, as well as in pain-related attention and anxiety. The somatosensory cortices may be involved in encoding spatial, temporal, and intensity aspects of noxious input. The insula may mediate both affective and sensory-discriminative aspects of the pain experience. The thalamus appears to be a multifunctional relay system. The prefrontal cortex has been implied in the pain-related attention processing; it does not have intensity encoding properties. Chronic pain conditions were associated with increased activity in the somatosensory cortices, anterior cingulate cortex, and the prefrontal cortex, and with decreased activity in the thalamus. Few neuroimaging studies used experimental stimuli to the trigeminal system or included orofacial pain patients. However, the available studies appeared to be in agreement with those using stimuli to other body parts and those concerning other chronic pain conditions. Overall, the available data suggest that chronic (orofacial) pain states may be related to a dysfunctional brain network and may involve a compromised descending inhibitory control system. The somatosensory cortices, anterior cingulate cortex, thalamus, and prefrontal cortex may play a vital role in the pathophysiology of chronic pain and should be the main focus of future neuroimaging studies in chronic pain patients.
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- Reny de Leeuw
- Orofacial Pain Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0297, USA.
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Borsook D, Becerra L, Carlezon WA, Shaw M, Renshaw P, Elman I, Levine J. Reward-aversion circuitry in analgesia and pain: implications for psychiatric disorders. Eur J Pain 2006; 11:7-20. [PMID: 16495096 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2005] [Revised: 11/16/2005] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Sensory and emotional systems normally interact in a manner that optimizes an organism's ability to survive using conscious and unconscious processing. Pain and analgesia are interpreted by the nervous system as aversive and rewarding processes that trigger specific behavioral responses. Under normal physiological conditions these processes are adaptive. However, under chronic pain conditions, functional alterations of the central nervous system frequently result in maladaptive behaviors. In this review, we examine: (a) the interactions between sensory and emotional systems involved in processing pain and analgesia in the physiological state; (b) the role of reward/aversion circuitry in pain and analgesia; and (c) the role of alterations in reward/aversion circuitry in the development of chronic pain and co-morbid psychiatric disorders. These underlying features have implications for understanding the neurobiology of functional illnesses such as depression and anxiety and for the development and evaluation of novel therapeutic interventions.
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- David Borsook
- PAIN Group, Department of Psychiatry, Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Belmont MA 02748, United States.
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de Leeuw R, Albuquerque RJC, Andersen AH, Carlson CR. Influence of estrogen on brain activation during stimulation with painful heat. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2006; 64:158-66. [PMID: 16413884 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Several studies have shown that women express higher pain sensitivity during periods of low estrogen than during periods of high estrogen. The aim of this study was to show whether the difference in pain sensitivity could be visualized as a function of brain activity by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). METHODS Nine healthy, pain-free women (mean age, 26.2 +/- 6.9 years) with a natural, regular menstrual cycle participated in the study. Whole-brain fMRI data were acquired during a period of high and during a period of low estrogen at 1.5 T using echo-planar imaging with near-isotropic spatial resolution and a temporal resolution of 4 seconds. Heat pain thresholds were obtained before the scans, and pain ratings were obtained before and after each scan. Blood samples were taken after each scan to verify the appropriate level of estrogen. RESULTS The heat pain thresholds during the low (46.4 degrees +/- 3.5 degrees C) and high (46.4 degrees +/- 3.8 degrees C) estrogen conditions were not significantly different. The pain ratings before (4.6 +/- 2.2 low versus 3.6 +/- 2.1 high) and during the scans (4.4 +/- 2.4 low versus 4.7 +/- 2.3 high) also did not differ between the 2 conditions. Generally, similar patterns of activation were observed for both estrogen conditions. However, significant differences were found in the magnitude of activation of the anterior part of the anterior cingulate (BA 24/32), the cerebellum, and the precuneus. Furthermore, activations in the anterior part of the anterior cingulate, left cerebellum, and precuneus were unique to the low-estrogen phase. These regions have been linked with attention to or anticipation of pain. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study suggest that the affective component of pain may be enhanced during the low-estrogen phase of the menstrual cycle in healthy women.
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- Reny de Leeuw
- Department of Oral Health Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0297, USA.
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Farrell MJ, Egan GF, Zamarripa F, Shade R, Blair-West J, Fox P, Denton DA. Unique, common, and interacting cortical correlates of thirst and pain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:2416-21. [PMID: 16461454 PMCID: PMC1413749 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0511019103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study used positron-emission tomography to establish the patterns of brain activity involved in the isolated and concurrent experiences of thirst and pain. Ten subjects were scanned while experiencing pain evoked with noxious pressure, while experiencing thirst after the infusion of hypertonic saline, and while experiencing pain when thirsty. After the onset of thirst, noxious pressure evoked more intense sensations of pain. Noxious pressure did not change subjective ratings of thirst. Thirst caused activation in the anterior cingulate (Brodmann area 32) and the insula. Enhanced pain responses were associated with increased activity in cortical regions that are known to correlate with pain intensity, and also with unique activity in the pregenual anterior cingulate and ventral orbitofrontal cortex. These findings suggest a role for limbic and prefrontal cortices in the modulation of pain during the experience of thirst.
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- Michael J. Farrell
- *Howard Florey Institute
- Centre for Neuroscience, and
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- *Howard Florey Institute
- Centre for Neuroscience, and
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- Research Imaging Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3904
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- Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, P.O. Box 760549, San Antonio, TX 78245-0549; and
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- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Research Imaging Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3904
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- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- **Baker Heart Research Institute, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Wood PB. Mesolimbic dopaminergic mechanisms and pain control. Pain 2006; 120:230-234. [PMID: 16427195 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 12/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Patrick B Wood
- Departments of Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA
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Casey KL, Tran TD. Chapter 12 Cortical mechanisms mediating acute and chronic pain in humans. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2006; 81:159-III. [DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(06)80016-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Tracey I. The Neural Matrix of Pain Processing and Placebo Analgesia: Evidence from Functional Imaging. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-5013.2005.00022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Gläscher J, Büchel C. Formal learning theory dissociates brain regions with different temporal integration. Neuron 2005; 47:295-306. [PMID: 16039570 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2004] [Revised: 03/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Learning can be characterized as the extraction of reliable predictions about stimulus occurrences from past experience. In two experiments, we investigated the interval of temporal integration of previous learning trials in different brain regions using implicit and explicit Pavlovian fear conditioning with a dynamically changing reinforcement regime in an experimental setting. With formal learning theory (the Rescorla-Wagner model), temporal integration is characterized by the learning rate. Using fMRI and this theoretical framework, we are able to distinguish between learning-related brain regions that show long temporal integration (e.g., amygdala) and higher perceptual regions that integrate only over a short period of time (e.g., fusiform face area, parahippocampal place area). This approach allows for the investigation of learning-related changes in brain activation, as it can dissociate brain areas that differ with respect to their integration of past learning experiences by either computing long-term outcome predictions or instantaneous reinforcement expectancies.
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- Jan Gläscher
- Neuroimage Nord, Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Kalisch R, Wiech K, Critchley HD, Seymour B, O'Doherty JP, Oakley DA, Allen P, Dolan RJ. Anxiety reduction through detachment: subjective, physiological, and neural effects. J Cogn Neurosci 2005; 17:874-83. [PMID: 15969906 DOI: 10.1162/0898929054021184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The ability to volitionally regulate emotions helps to adapt behavior to changing environmental demands and can alleviate subjective distress. We show that a cognitive strategy of detachment attenuates subjective and physiological measures of anticipatory anxiety for pain and reduces reactivity to receipt of pain itself. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we locate the potential site and source of this modulation of anticipatory anxiety in the medial prefrontal/anterior cingulate and anterolateral prefrontal cortex, respectively.
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Koyama T, McHaffie JG, Laurienti PJ, Coghill RC. The subjective experience of pain: where expectations become reality. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:12950-5. [PMID: 16150703 PMCID: PMC1200254 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408576102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 440] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Our subjective sensory experiences are thought to be heavily shaped by interactions between expectations and incoming sensory information. However, the neural mechanisms supporting these interactions remain poorly understood. By using combined psychophysical and functional MRI techniques, brain activation related to the intensity of expected pain and experienced pain was characterized. As the magnitude of expected pain increased, activation increased in the thalamus, insula, prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and other brain regions. Pain-intensity-related brain activation was identified in a widely distributed set of brain regions but overlapped partially with expectation-related activation in regions, including the anterior insula and ACC. When expected pain was manipulated, expectations of decreased pain powerfully reduced both the subjective experience of pain and activation of pain-related brain regions, such as the primary somatosensory cortex, insular cortex, and ACC. These results confirm that a mental representation of an impending sensory event can significantly shape neural processes that underlie the formulation of the actual sensory experience and provide insight as to how positive expectations diminish the severity of chronic disease states.
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- Tetsuo Koyama
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1010, USA
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Brooks J, Tracey I. From nociception to pain perception: imaging the spinal and supraspinal pathways. J Anat 2005; 207:19-33. [PMID: 16011543 PMCID: PMC1571498 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00428.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2005] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Functional imaging techniques have allowed researchers to look within the brain, and revealed the cortical representation of pain. Initial experiments, performed in the early 1990s, revolutionized pain research, as they demonstrated that pain was not processed in a single cortical area, but in several distributed brain regions. Over the last decade, the roles of these pain centres have been investigated and a clearer picture has emerged of the medial and lateral pain system. In this brief article, we review the imaging literature to date that has allowed these advances to be made, and examine the new frontiers for pain imaging research: imaging the brainstem and other structures involved in the descending control of pain; functional and anatomical connectivity studies of pain processing brain regions; imaging models of neuropathic pain-like states; and going beyond the brain to image spinal function. The ultimate goal of such research is to take these new techniques into the clinic, to investigate and provide new remedies for chronic pain sufferers.
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- Jonathan Brooks
- Pain Imaging Neuroscience Group, Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK.
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