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Gozzi N, Preatoni G, Ciotti F, Hubli M, Schweinhardt P, Curt A, Raspopovic S. Unraveling the physiological and psychosocial signatures of pain by machine learning. MED 2024:S2666-6340(24)00298-8. [PMID: 39116869 DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2024.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND Pain is a complex subjective experience, strongly impacting health and quality of life. Despite many attempts to find effective solutions, present treatments are generic, often unsuccessful, and present significant side effects. Designing individualized therapies requires understanding of multidimensional pain experience, considering physical and emotional aspects. Current clinical pain assessments, relying on subjective one-dimensional numeric self-reports, fail to capture this complexity. METHODS To this aim, we exploited machine learning to disentangle physiological and psychosocial components shaping the pain experience. Clinical, psychosocial, and physiological data were collected from 118 chronic pain and healthy participants undergoing 40 pain trials (4,697 trials). FINDINGS To understand the objective response to nociception, we classified pain from the physiological signals (accuracy >0.87), extracting the most important biomarkers. Then, using multilevel mixed-effects models, we predicted the reported pain, quantifying the mismatch between subjective level and measured physiological response. From these models, we introduced two metrics: TIP (subjective index of pain) and Φ (physiological index). These represent possible added value in the clinical process, capturing psychosocial and physiological pain dimensions, respectively. Patients with high TIP are characterized by frequent sick leave from work and increased clinical depression and anxiety, factors associated with long-term disability and poor recovery, and are indicated for alternative treatments, such as psychological ones. By contrast, patients with high Φ show strong nociceptive pain components and could benefit more from pharmacotherapy. CONCLUSIONS TIP and Φ, explaining the multidimensionality of pain, might provide a new tool potentially leading to targeted treatments, thereby reducing the costs of inefficient generic therapies. FUNDING RESC-PainSense, SNSF-MOVE-IT197271.
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- Noemi Gozzi
- Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chiropractic Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland; Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Zhuo S, Zhang Y, Lin C, Peng W. Testosterone administration enhances the expectation and perception of painful and non-painful somatosensory stimuli. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2023; 152:106081. [PMID: 36947967 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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The influence of testosterone on pain perception remains inconsistent in the literature. This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study investigated the effect of testosterone administration on perception and expectation of electrocutaneous stimulus. Thirty healthy male participants received a single dose of testosterone in one session and a placebo in the other session. For each session, they completed a pain-rating task in which a predictability cue was inserted before a painful or non-painful electocutaneous stimulus delivery, while neural activity was simultaneously recorded by a 64-channel electroencephalographic (EEG) system. Expected and perceived pain ratings, as well as event-related potentials (ERPs) to electocutaneous stimuli and prestimulus EEG oscillatory activities while expecting upcoming electocutaneous stimuli were comprehensively compared between testosterone and placebo sessions. Compared with the placebo session, participants in the testosterone session reported greater pain rating and exhibited greater amplitude of N1 component on ERPs when perceiving both painful and non-painful electrocutaneous stimuli. Mediation analysis revealed that testosterone enhanced the pain-intensity ratings via the N1 response to the electrocutaneous stimulus. Upon viewing the predictability cues after testosterone administration, expected pain intensity increased and spontaneous low-frequency α-oscillation power in the frontal region decreased. These results provide evidence that testosterone enhanced perception and expectation of somatosensory events, and that this was a general effect rather than pain-specific. A plausible explanation for these findings is that testosterone acts to increase vigilance and sustained attention levels, as evidenced by the decreased α-oscillation power. Thus, our findings support a causal role for testosterone in heightening the biological salience of incoming somatosensory information.
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- Shiwei Zhuo
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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Dawood Rahimi M, Taghi Kheirkhah M, Salehi Fadardi J. Efficacy of tDCS in chronic migraine: A multiprotocol randomized controlled trial. Clin Neurophysiol 2023; 150:119-130. [PMID: 37060843 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Given the prevalence and complicated pathophysiology of migraine, unknown or varied mechanisms of action of available monotherapies or add-on therapies, and their broad range of adverse effects, it is imperative to manage migraine symptoms using a non-invasive, multifunctional, and alternate monotherapy with no negative impacts. METHODS We used a single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled design with baseline, post-test, and 24-weeks follow-up measurements to assess the efficacy of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in chronic migraine. A total of 150 participants were randomly assigned to the five groups (i.e., allocation ratio of 1:1:1:1:1). Each group received tDCS-intervention for 11 consecutive-weeks (25 sessions; each session = two consecutive montages; each montage = a 20 min duration, 2000 μA intensity). RESULTS The multivariate analysis of variance showed significant (p <.05) reductions in chronic migraine symptoms in the four intervention groups. Compared with the sham (η2 < 0.18) and other protocols (two = η2 > 0.42; three = η2 > 0.40; four = η2 > 0.51), protocol one [l. anode at the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortices, cathode at the left dorsomedial and superior frontal gyrus-first montage; anode at the right primary motor area, cathode at the medial crosstalk of hemispheres-second montage] showed a larger effect size (η2 > 0.59) in the present trial. CONCLUSIONS With the applied protocols of the present trial, tDCS can be used as an effective intervention for the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of chronic migraine. However, while the second protocol was the least effective, the first was the most effective at reducing migraine symptoms. SIGNIFICANCE To our knowledge, the present trial is the first study to cover the gaps of the earlier ones, including the parameters like the site of stimulation, electrode range distribution and field intensity, number of sessions, session design, and sample size.
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Ahmed Mahmutoglu M, Rupp A, Naumgärtner U. Simultaneous EEG/MEG yields complementary information of nociceptive evoked responses. Clin Neurophysiol 2022; 143:21-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Frasson E, Tozzi MC, Bordignon M, Motti L, Ferrari F, Torre G, Graziottin A, Monaco S, Bertolasi L. Laser-Evoked Potentials to Pudendal Stimulation in Healthy Subjects: A Pilot Study. J Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 38:317-322. [PMID: 32217884 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) are useful neurophysiological tools for investigating the A-delta sensory peripheral fibers and the central nociceptive pathway. The current investigation aims to obtain normative values of LEPs via pudendal nerve stimulation in healthy adult volunteers. METHODS Laser-evoked potentials were recorded in 16 men and 22 women, 22 to 75 years of age, using neodymium and yttrium and aluminum and perovskite laser bilateral stimulation to the pudendal nerve-supplied skin and the dorsal surface of the hands and feet. We assessed the perceptive threshold, latency, and amplitude of the N1 component and main vertex N2-P2 complex. The relationship between gender, age, height, and site of stimulation was statistically analyzed. RESULTS Both in men and in women, laser perceptive threshold increased from genitalia to foot and from hand to foot (P ≤ 0.001). N1 and N2-P2 latencies progressively increased from pudendal area to hand to foot (P ≤ 0.008). N1 and N2-P2 complex LEP amplitudes progressively decreased from hand to genitalia to foot (P ≤ 0.04). The latencies of N1 component and N2-P2 complex of LEPs correlated with body height, whereas the amplitude of the N2-P2 complex correlated negatively with age; no correlations were observed between the latencies and amplitudes with gender. CONCLUSIONS This study provides normative data on pudendal LEPs versus hand and foot LEPs. Incorporation of pudendal LEPs into clinical practice could provide a valuable neurophysiological tool for the study of pelvic pain syndromes.
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- Emma Frasson
- Department of Neurology, AULSS 6 Euganea, Cittadella Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Management Control, AULSS 6 Euganea, Cittadella Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy ; and
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy ; and
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy ; and
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- Gynaecology and Medical Sexology Centre, Hospitale San Raffaele Resnati, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Linde LD, Haefeli J, Jutzeler CR, Rosner J, McDougall J, Curt A, Kramer JLK. Contact Heat Evoked Potentials Are Responsive to Peripheral Sensitization: Requisite Stimulation Parameters. Front Hum Neurosci 2020; 13:459. [PMID: 31998104 PMCID: PMC6966714 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The sensitizing effect of capsaicin has been previously characterized using laser and contact heat evoked potentials (LEPs and CHEPs) by stimulating in the primary area of hyperalgesia. Interestingly, only CHEPs reveal changes consistent with notion of peripheral sensitization (i.e., reduced latencies). The aim of this study was to investigate contact heat stimulation parameters necessary to detect peripheral sensitization related to the topical application of capsaicin, and therefore significantly improve the current method of measuring peripheral sensitization via CHEPs. Rapid contact heat stimulation (70°C/s) was applied from three different baseline temperatures (35, 38.5, and 42°C) to a 52°C peak temperature, before and after the topical application of capsaicin on the hand dorsum. Increased pain ratings in the primary area of hyperalgesia were accompanied by reduced N2 latency. Changes in N2 latency were, however, only significant following stimulation from 35 and 38.5°C baseline temperatures. These findings suggest that earlier recruitment of capsaicin-sensitized afferents occurs between 35 and 42°C, as stimulations from 42°C baseline were unchanged by capsaicin. This is in line with reduced thresholds of type II A-delta mechanoheat (AMH) nociceptors following sensitization. Conventional CHEP stimulation, with a baseline temperature below 42°C, is well suited to objectively detect evidence of peripheral sensitization.
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- Lukas D Linde
- ICORD, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Kinesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Brain and Spinal Injury Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- ICORD, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Kinesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- ICORD, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ICORD, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Kinesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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KANG GEONHO, KIM SEUNGEUN, PARK JONGRAK, LEE HYUNCHEOL, JUN JAEHOON. A STUDY ON COGNITIVE RESPONSE TENDENCY AND DAMAGE THRESHOLD OF ABSORBING MEDIUM BY LASER-INDUCED INDIRECT STIMULATION. J MECH MED BIOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219519419400475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Laser-based research can be used in biology, medicine, engineering and many other industries. The use of pulsed laser can induce thermoelastic effect in a short time and give mechanical stimulation to the human body. When the elastic medium is attached to the human body and the laser is irradiated, the mechanical stimulus induced in the elastic medium can be transferred to the human body, which may cause tactile sensation. In this study, we investigated the effects of laser-induced indirect stimulation on cognitive response and damage to absorbing medium. Through the human body experiment, we studied the laser parameter condition that most subjects feel touch. In addition, thermal analysis simulations were performed to predict the condition of the laser pulse energy, the laser frequency and the temperature at the damage threshold of the absorption medium. The results of this study are expected to be useful for conducting non-contact tactile sensation using laser, and this technique can be widely used in laser biomedical stimulation, haptic technology, and other biological and medical fields.
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- GEON-HO KANG
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungbuk 380-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Photonic Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Photonic Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea
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- School of Business, Korea Aerospace University, 76 Hanggongdaehak-ro, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungbuk 380-701, Republic of Korea
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The clinical examination of the trigeminal and facial nerves provides significant diagnostic value, especially in the localization of lesions in disorders affecting the central and/or peripheral nervous system. The electrodiagnostic evaluation of these nerves and their pathways adds further accuracy and reliability to the diagnostic investigation and the localization process, especially when different testing methods are combined based on the clinical presentation and the electrophysiological findings. The diagnostic uniqueness of the trigeminal and facial nerves is their connectivity and their coparticipation in reflexes commonly used in clinical practice, namely the blink and corneal reflexes. The other reflexes used in the diagnostic process and lesion localization are very nerve specific and add more diagnostic yield to the workup of certain disorders of the nervous system. This article provides a review of commonly used electrodiagnostic studies and techniques in the evaluation and lesion localization of cranial nerves V and VII.
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Staikou C, Kokotis P, Kyrozis A, Rallis D, Makrydakis G, Manoli D, Karandreas N, Stamboulis E, Moschovos C, Fassoulaki A. Differences in Pain Perception Between Men and Women of Reproductive Age: A Laser-Evoked Potentials Study. PAIN MEDICINE 2018; 18:316-321. [PMID: 28204781 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Objective We investigated differences in pain perception between men and women of reproductive age by using Laser-Evoked Potentials (LEPs). Design, Setting, Subjects Forty-four right-handed healthy volunteers (19 males/25 females), aged 30–40 years were studied. A CO2 laser generated three series of 10 thermal pulses (4.5 W) on the radial aspect of the dorsum of the left hand. A recording montage for late LEPs was used, and the potentials of each series of stimuli were averaged to calculate mean latency and amplitude for each subject. Volunteers scored verbally pain intensity (Numerical rating scale [NRS]; 0–10). Three series of 10 numbers were averaged for calculation of mean NRS score. Methods LEP peak-to-peak amplitude, latency, and NRS scoring were compared between genders, and correlations between LEP amplitude/latency and NRS scores were assessed. Results Data from 44 subjects were analyzed. LEP amplitudes differed significantly (P < 0.001) between men (24.2 ± 6.0 µV) and women (38.9 ± 15.28 µV), while no difference was found for latency (156.5 ± 8.6 versus 160.4 ± 19.8 ms, P = 0.42) or NRS score (2.6 ± 1.5 versus 2.4 ± 1.4, P = 0.63), respectively. Menstrual cycle phase did not influence LEP parameters (P = 0.59 for amplitude and P = 0.69 for latency) or NRS score (P = 0.95). No significant correlation was found between latency or amplitude and NRS score (P = 0.43 and P = 0.90, respectively). Conclusions Our results demonstrate a significant gender-related difference in LEP amplitudes with lower mean values in men, while no difference was found in LEP latencies or in subjective pain ratings. Further research is required to clarify the clinical significance of the above experimental findings.
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- Chryssoula Staikou
- Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Tzaneion General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Patras, Rion, Greece
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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An K, Lim S, Lee HJ, Kwon H, Kim M, Gohel B, Kim J, Kim K. Magnetoencephalographic study of event-related fields and cortical oscillatory changes during cutaneous warmth processing. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:1972-1981. [PMID: 29363226 PMCID: PMC5947665 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Thermoreception is an important cutaneous sense, which plays a role in the maintenance of our body temperature and in the detection of potential noxious heat stimulation. In this study, we investigated event‐related fields (ERFs) and neural oscillatory activities, which were modulated by warmth stimulation. We developed a warmth stimulator that could elicit a warmth sensation, without pain or tactile sensation, by using a deep‐penetrating 980‐nm diode laser. The index finger of each participant (n = 24) was irradiated with the laser warmth stimulus, and the cortical responses were measured using magnetoencephalography (MEG). The ERFs and oscillatory responses had late latencies (∼1.3 s and 1.0–1.5 s for ERFs and oscillatory responses, respectively), which could be explained by a slow conduction velocity of warmth‐specific C‐fibers. Cortical sources of warmth‐related ERFs were seen in the bilateral primary and secondary somatosensory cortices (SI and SII), posterior part of the anterior cingulate cortex (pACC), ipsilateral primary motor, and premotor cortex. Thus, we suggested that SI, SII, and pACC play a role in processing the warmth sensation. Time–frequency analysis demonstrated the suppression of the alpha (8–13 Hz) and beta (18–23 Hz) band power in the bilateral sensorimotor cortex. We proposed that the suppressions in alpha and beta band power are involved in the automatic response to the input of warmth stimulation and sensorimotor interactions. The delta band power (1–4 Hz) increased in the frontal, temporal, and cingulate cortices. The power changes in delta band might be related with the attentional processes during the warmth stimulation.
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- Kyung‐min An
- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
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- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
- Department of Medical PhysicsUniversity of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
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- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
- Department of PhysicsPusan National UniversityBusanRepublic of Korea
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- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
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- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
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- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
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- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
- Department of Medical PhysicsUniversity of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
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- Center for Biosignals, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
- Department of Medical PhysicsUniversity of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonRepublic of Korea
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Peng K, Steele SC, Becerra L, Borsook D. Brodmann area 10: Collating, integrating and high level processing of nociception and pain. Prog Neurobiol 2017; 161:1-22. [PMID: 29199137 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Multiple frontal cortical brain regions have emerged as being important in pain processing, whether it be integrative, sensory, cognitive, or emotional. One such region, Brodmann Area 10 (BA 10), is the largest frontal brain region that has been shown to be involved in a wide variety of functions including risk and decision making, odor evaluation, reward and conflict, pain, and working memory. BA 10, also known as the anterior prefrontal cortex, frontopolar prefrontal cortex or rostral prefrontal cortex, is comprised of at least two cytoarchitectonic sub-regions, medial and lateral. To date, the explicit role of BA 10 in the processing of pain hasn't been fully elucidated. In this paper, we first review the anatomical pathways and functional connectivity of BA 10. Numerous functional imaging studies of experimental or clinical pain have also reported brain activations and/or deactivations in BA 10 in response to painful events. The evidence suggests that BA 10 may play a critical role in the collation, integration and high-level processing of nociception and pain, but also reveals possible functional distinctions between the subregions of BA 10 in this process.
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- Ke Peng
- Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States.
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- Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States
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- Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Mclean Hospital, Belmont, MA, United States
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- Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Mclean Hospital, Belmont, MA, United States
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Vijayakumar V, Case M, Shirinpour S, He B. Quantifying and Characterizing Tonic Thermal Pain Across Subjects From EEG Data Using Random Forest Models. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2017; 64:2988-2996. [PMID: 28952933 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2017.2756870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Effective pain assessment and management strategies are needed to better manage pain. In addition to self-report, an objective pain assessment system can provide a more complete picture of the neurophysiological basis for pain. In this study, a robust and accurate machine learning approach is developed to quantify tonic thermal pain across healthy subjects into a maximum of ten distinct classes. METHODS A random forest model was trained to predict pain scores using time-frequency wavelet representations of independent components obtained from electroencephalography (EEG) data, and the relative importance of each frequency band to pain quantification is assessed. RESULTS The mean classification accuracy for predicting pain on an independent test subject for a range of 1-10 is 89.45%, highest among existing state of the art quantification algorithms for EEG. The gamma band is the most important to both intersubject and intrasubject classification accuracy. CONCLUSION The robustness and generalizability of the classifier are demonstrated. SIGNIFICANCE Our results demonstrate the potential of this tool to be used clinically to help us to improve chronic pain treatment and establish spectral biomarkers for future pain-related studies using EEG.
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Bradley C, Bastuji H, Garcia-Larrea L. Evidence-based source modeling of nociceptive cortical responses: A direct comparison of scalp and intracranial activity in humans. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:6083-6095. [PMID: 28925006 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Source modeling of EEG traditionally relies on interplay between physiological hypotheses and mathematical estimates. We propose to optimize the process by using evidence gathered from brain imaging and intracortical recordings. METHODS We recorded laser-evoked potentials in 18 healthy participants, using high-density EEG. Brain sources were modeled during the first second poststimulus, constraining their initial position to regions where nociceptive-related activity has been ascertained by intracranial EEG. These comprised the two posterior operculo-insular regions, primary sensorimotor, posterior parietal, anterior cingulate/supplementary motor (ACC/SMA), bilateral frontal/anterior insular, and posterior cingulate (PCC) cortices. RESULTS The model yielded an average goodness of fit of 91% for individual and 95.8% for grand-average data. When compared with intracranial recordings from 27 human subjects, no significant difference in peak latencies was observed between modeled and intracranial data for 5 of the 6 assessable regions. Morphological match was excellent for operculo-insular, frontal, ACC/SMA and PCC regions (cross-correlation > 0.7) and fair for sensori-motor and posterior parietal cortex (c-c ∼ 0.5). CONCLUSIONS Multiple overlapping activities evoked by nociceptive input can be disentangled from high-density scalp EEG guided by intracranial data. Modeled sources accurately described the timing and morphology of most activities recorded with intracranial electrodes, including those coinciding with the emergence of stimulus awareness. Hum Brain Mapp 38:6083-6095, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Claire Bradley
- NEUROPAIN lab, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, Inserm U1028 - CNRS UMR5292, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- NEUROPAIN lab, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, Inserm U1028 - CNRS UMR5292, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- NEUROPAIN lab, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, Inserm U1028 - CNRS UMR5292, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Özgül ÖS, Maier C, Enax-Krumova EK, Vollert J, Fischer M, Tegenthoff M, Höffken O. High test-retest-reliability of pain-related evoked potentials (PREP) in healthy subjects. Neurosci Lett 2017; 647:110-116. [PMID: 28342940 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Pain-related evoked potentials (PREP) is an established electrophysiological method to evaluate the signal transmission of electrically stimulated A-delta fibres. Although prerequisite for its clinical use, test-retest-reliability and side-to-side differences of bilateral stimulation in healthy subjects have not been examined yet. We performed PREP twice within 3-14days in 33 healthy subjects bilaterally by stimulating the dorsal hand. Detection (DT) and pain thresholds (PT) after electrical stimulation, the corresponding pain ratings, latencies of P0, N1, P1 and N2 components and the corresponding amplitudes were assessed. Impact of electrically induced pain intensity, age, sex, and arm length on PREP was analysed. MANOVA, t-Test, interclass correlation coefficient (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM), smallest real difference (SRD), Bland-Altmann-Analysis as well as ANCOVA were used for statistical analysis. Measurement from both sides on both days resulted in mean N1-latencies from 142.39±18.12ms to 144.03±16.62ms and in mean N1P1-amplitudes from 39.04±12.26μV to 40.53±12.9μV. Analysis of a side-to-side effect showed for the N1-latency a F-value of 0.038 and for the N1P1-amplitude of 0.004 (p>0.8). We found intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) from 0.88 to 0.93 and a standard error of measurement (SEM)<10% of mean values for all measurements concerning the N1-Latency and N1P1-amplitude. Intraclass correlation coefficients, standard error of measurement and Bland-Altman-Analyses revealed excellent test-retest-reliability for N1-latency and N1P1-amplitude without systematic error and there was no side-to-side effect on PREP. N1-latency (r=0.35, p<0.05) and N1P1-amplitude (r=-0.45, p<0.05) correlated with age and additionally N1-latency correlated with arm length (r=0.45, p<0.001). In contrast, pain intensity during the stimulation had no effect on both N1-latency and N1P1-amplitude. In summary, PREP showed high test-retest-reliability and negligible side-to-side differences concerning the commonly used parameters N1-latency and N1P1-amplitude.
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- Özüm Simal Özgül
- Department of Neurology, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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Jutzeler CR, Warner FM, Wanek J, Curt A, Kramer JLK. Thermal grill conditioning: Effect on contact heat evoked potentials. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40007. [PMID: 28079118 PMCID: PMC5228159 DOI: 10.1038/srep40007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The ‘thermal grill illusion’ (TGI) is a unique cutaneous sensation of unpleasantness, induced through the application of interlacing warm and cool stimuli. While previous studies have investigated optimal parameters and subject characteristics to evoke the illusion, our aim was to examine the modulating effect as a conditioning stimulus. A total of 28 healthy control individuals underwent three testing sessions on separate days. Briefly, 15 contact heat stimuli were delivered to the right hand dorsum, while the left palmar side of the hand was being conditioned with either neutral (32 °C), cool (20 °C), warm (40 °C), or TGI (20/40 °C). Rating of perception (numeric rating scale: 0–10) and evoked potentials (i.e., N1 and N2P2 potentials) to noxious contact heat stimuli were assessed. While cool and warm conditioning decreased cortical responses to noxious heat, TGI conditioning increased evoked potential amplitude (N1 and N2P2). In line with other modalities of unpleasant conditioning (e.g., sound, visual, and olfactory stimulation), cortical and possibly sub-cortical modulation may underlie the facilitation of contact heat evoked potentials.
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- Catherine R Jutzeler
- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,ICORD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,ICORD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ICORD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Jutzeler CR, Rosner J, Rinert J, Kramer JLK, Curt A. Normative data for the segmental acquisition of contact heat evoked potentials in cervical dermatomes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34660. [PMID: 27708413 PMCID: PMC5052572 DOI: 10.1038/srep34660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Contact heat evoked potentials (CHEPs) represent a neurophysiological approach to assess conduction in the spinothalamic tract. The aim of this study was to establish normative values of CHEPs acquired from cervical dermatomes (C4, C6, C8) and examine the potential confounds of age, sex, and height. 101 (49 male) healthy subjects of three different age groups (18–40, 41–60, and 61–80 years) were recruited. Normal (NB, 35–52 °C) followed by increased (IB, 42–52 °C) baseline stimulation protocols were employed to record CHEPs. Multi-variate linear models were used to investigate the effect of age, sex, and height on the CHEPs parameters (i.e., N2 latency, N2P2 amplitude, rating of perceived intensity). Compared to NB, IB stimulation reduced latency jitter within subjects, yielding larger N2P2 amplitudes, and decreased inter-subject N2 latency variability. Age was associated with reduced N2P2 amplitude and prolonged N2 latency. After controlling for height, male subjects had significantly longer N2 latencies than females during IB stimulation. The study provides normative CHEPs data in a large cohort of healthy subjects from segmentally examined cervical dermatomes. Age and sex were identified as important factors contributing to N2 latency and N2P2 amplitude. The normative data will improve the diagnosis of spinal cord pathologies.
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- Catherine R Jutzeler
- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,ICORD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ICORD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Distinct Somatic Discrimination Reflected by Laser-Evoked Potentials Using Scalp EEG Leads. J Med Biol Eng 2016; 36:460-469. [PMID: 27656118 PMCID: PMC5016541 DOI: 10.1007/s40846-016-0159-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Discrimination is an important function in pain processing of the somatic cortex. The involvement of the somatic cortex has been studied using equivalent dipole analysis and neuroimaging, but the results are inconsistent. Scalp electroencephalography (EEG) can reflect functional changes of particular brain regions underneath a lead. However, the responses of EEG leads close to the somatic cortex in response to pain have not been systematically evaluated. The present study applied CO2 laser stimulation to the dorsum of the left hand. Laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) of C4, T3, and T4 leads and pain ratings in response to four stimulus intensities were analyzed. LEPs started earlier at the C4 and T4 leads. The onset latency and peak latency of LEPs for C4 and T4 leads were the same. Only 10 of 22 subjects (45 %) presented equivalent current dipoles within the primary somatosensory or motor cortices. LEP amplitudes of these leads increased as stimulation intensity increased. The stimulus–response pattern of the C4 lead was highly correlated with pain rating. In contrast, an S-shaped stimulus–response curve was obtained for the T3 and T4 leads. The present study provides supporting evidence that particular scalp channels are able to reflect the functional characteristics of their underlying cortical areas. Our data strengthen the clinical application of somatic-cortex-related leads for pain discrimination.
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Huishi Zhang C, Sohrabpour A, Lu Y, He B. Spectral and spatial changes of brain rhythmic activity in response to the sustained thermal pain stimulation. Hum Brain Mapp 2016; 37:2976-91. [PMID: 27167709 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Revised: 03/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the neurophysiological correlates of pain caused by sustained thermal stimulation. A group of 21 healthy volunteers was studied. Sixty-four channel continuous electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded while the subject received tonic thermal stimulation. Spectral changes extracted from EEG were quantified and correlated with pain scales reported by subjects, the stimulation intensity, and the time course. Network connectivity was assessed to study the changes in connectivity patterns and strengths among brain regions that have been previously implicated in pain processing. Spectrally, a global reduction in power was observed in the lower spectral range, from delta to alpha, with the most marked changes in the alpha band. Spatially, the contralateral region of the somatosensory cortex, identified using source localization, was most responsive to stimulation status. Maximal desynchrony was observed when stimulation was present. The degree of alpha power reduction was linearly correlated to the pain rating reported by the subjects. Contralateral alpha power changes appeared to be a robust correlate of pain intensity experienced by the subjects. Granger causality analysis showed changes in network level connectivity among pain-related brain regions due to high intensity of pain stimulation versus innocuous warm stimulation. These results imply the possibility of using noninvasive EEG to predict pain intensity and to study the underlying pain processing mechanism in coping with prolonged painful experiences. Once validated in a broader population, the present EEG-based approach may provide an objective measure for better pain management in clinical applications. Hum Brain Mapp 37:2976-2991, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Clara Huishi Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.,Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Peng W, Tang D. Pain Related Cortical Oscillations: Methodological Advances and Potential Applications. Front Comput Neurosci 2016; 10:9. [PMID: 26869915 PMCID: PMC4740361 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2016.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Alongside the time-locked event-related potentials (ERPs), nociceptive somatosensory inputs can induce modulations of ongoing oscillations, appeared as event-related synchronization or desynchronization (ERS/ERD) in different frequency bands. These ERD/ERS activities are suggested to reflect various aspects of pain perception, including the representation, encoding, assessment, and integration of the nociceptive sensory inputs, as well as behavioral responses to pain, even the precise details of their roles remain unclear. Previous studies investigating the functional relevance of ERD/ERS activities in pain perception were normally done by assessing their latencies, frequencies, magnitudes, and scalp distributions, which would be then correlated with subjective pain perception or stimulus intensity. Nevertheless, these temporal, spectral, and spatial profiles of stimulus induced ERD/ERS could only partly reveal the dynamics of brain oscillatory activities. Indeed, additional parameters, including but not limited to, phase, neural generator, and cross frequency couplings, should be paid attention to comprehensively and systemically evaluate the dynamics of oscillatory activities associated with pain perception and behavior. This would be crucial in exploring the psychophysiological mechanisms of neural oscillation, and in understanding the neural functions of cortical oscillations involved in pain perception and behavior. Notably, some chronic pain (e.g., neurogenic pain and complex regional pain syndrome) patients are often associated with the occurrence of abnormal synchronized oscillatory brain activities, and selectively modulating cortical oscillatory activities has been showed to be a potential therapy strategy to relieve pain with the application of neurostimulation techniques, e.g., repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS). Thus, the investigation of the oscillatory activities proceeding from phenomenology to function, opens new perspectives to address questions in human pain psychophysiology and pathophysiology, thereby promoting the establishment of rational therapeutic strategy.
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- Weiwei Peng
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University Chongqing, China
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- School of Education Science, Zunyi Normal College Guizhou, China
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Testani E, Le Pera D, Del Percio C, Miliucci R, Brancucci A, Pazzaglia C, De Armas L, Babiloni C, Rossini PM, Valeriani M. Cortical inhibition of laser pain and laser-evoked potentials by non-nociceptive somatosensory input. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 42:2407-14. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Elisa Testani
- Department of Neurosciences; Catholic University; Rome Italy
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- Department of Neurology; IRCSS S. Raffaele Pisana, Tosinvest-Sanità; Rome Italy
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- Neurology Unit; Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesú; IRCCS; Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4 Rome 00165 Italy
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Humanities and the Territory; ‘G. d'Annunzio’ University of Chieti and Pescara; Chieti Italy
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- Department of Neurology; Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation; Milan Italy
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- Department of Neurology; IRCSS S. Raffaele Pisana, Tosinvest-Sanità; Rome Italy
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- EEG Lab; IRCSS S. Raffaele Pisana, Tosinvest-Sanità; Rome Italy
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology; University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’; Rome Italy
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- Neurology Unit; Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesú; IRCCS; Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4 Rome 00165 Italy
- Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction; Aalborg University; Aalborg Denmark
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Peng W, Babiloni C, Mao Y, Hu Y. Subjective pain perception mediated by alpha rhythms. Biol Psychol 2015; 109:141-50. [PMID: 26026894 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Suppression of spontaneous alpha oscillatory activities, interpreted as cortical excitability, was observed in response to both transient and tonic painful stimuli. The changes of alpha rhythms induced by pain could be modulated by painful sensory inputs, experimental tasks, and top-down cognitive regulations such as attention. The temporal and spatial characteristics, as well as neural functions of pain induced alpha responses, depend much on how these factors contribute to the observed alpha event-related desynchronization/synchronization (ERD/ERS). How sensory-, task-, and cognitive-related changes of alpha oscillatory activities interact in pain perception process is reviewed in the current study, and the following conclusions are made: (1) the functional inhibition hypothesis that has been proposed in auditory and visual modalities could be applied also in pain modality; (2) the neural functions of pain induced alpha ERD/ERS were highly dependent on the cortical regions where it is observed, e.g., somatosensory cortex alpha ERD/ERS in pain perception for painful stimulus processing; (3) the attention modulation of pain perception, i.e., influences on the sensory and affective dimensions of pain experience, could be mediated by changes of alpha rhythms. Finally, we propose a model regarding the determinants of pain related alpha oscillatory activity, i.e., sensory-discriminative, affective-motivational, and cognitive-modulative aspects of pain experience, would affect and determine pain related alpha oscillatory activities in an integrated way within the distributed alpha system.
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- Weiwei Peng
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Process Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Jutzeler CR, Curt A, Kramer JLK. Effectiveness of High-Frequency Electrical Stimulation Following Sensitization With Capsaicin. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2015; 16:595-605. [PMID: 25866256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED Although nonnoxious, high-frequency electrical stimulation applied segmentally (ie, conventional transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [TENS]) has been proposed to modulate pain, the mechanisms underlying analgesia remain poorly understood. To further elucidate how TENS modulates pain, we examined evoked responses to noxious thermal stimuli after the induction of sensitization using capsaicin in healthy volunteers. We hypothesized that sensitization caused by capsaicin application would unmask TENS analgesia, which could not be detected in the absence of sensitization. Forty-nine healthy subjects took part in a series of experiments. The experiments comprised the application of topical capsaicin (.075%) on the left hand in the C6 dermatome, varying the location of TENS (segmental, left C6 dermatome, vs extrasegmental, right shoulder), and assessing rating of perception (numeric rating scale: 0-10) and evoked potentials to noxious contact heat stimuli. The extrasegmental site was included as a control condition because previous studies indicate no analgesic effect to remote conventional TENS. Conventional TENS had no significant effect on rating or sensory evoked potentials in subjects untreated with capsaicin. However, segmental TENS applied in conjunction with capsaicin significantly reduced sensation to noxious thermal stimuli following a 60-minute period of sensitization. PERSPECTIVE The study indicates that sensitization with capsaicin unmasks the analgesic effect of conventional TENS on perception of noxious contact heat stimuli. Our findings indicate that TENS may be interacting segmentally to modulate distinct aspects of sensitization, which in turn results in analgesia to thermal stimulation.
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- Catherine R Jutzeler
- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; School of Kinesiology, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Petrini L, Hennings K, Li X, Negro F, Arendt-Nielsen L. A human experimental model of episodic pain. Int J Psychophysiol 2014; 94:496-503. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mancini A, Betti V, Panasiti MS, Pavone EF, Aglioti SM. Perceiving monetary loss as due to inequity reduces behavioral and cortical responses to pain. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 40:2378-88. [PMID: 24716878 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Studies indicate that physical and social pain may share some mechanisms and neural correlates. Nothing is known, however, on whether the neural activity in the nociceptive system, as indexed by laser-evoked potentials (LEPs), is modified when suffering the consequences of a conspecific violating social norms. To explore this issue, we created an interaction scenario where participants could gain money by performing a time-estimation task. On each win-trial, another player connected online could arbitrarily decide to keep the participant's pay-off for him- or herself. Thus, participants knew that monetary loss could occur because of their own failure in performing the task or because of the inequitable behavior of another individual. Moreover, participants were asked to play for themselves or on behalf of a third party. In reality, the win/loss events were entirely decided by an ad hoc programmed computer. At the end of the interaction, participants reported if they believed the game-playing interaction was real. Results showed that the loss due to the opponent's inequitable behavior brought about a reduction both in pain intensity self-reports and in the amplitude of LEPs' components (i.e., N2, N2/P2, P2a, P2b). Importantly, both the behavioral and neurophysiological effects were found in the participants who believed their deserved payoff was stolen by their opponent. Furthermore, reduction of vertex components was present only when the inequitable behavior was directed toward the self. These results suggest that, far from being a private experience, pain perception might be modulated by the social saliency of interpersonal interactions.
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- Alessandra Mancini
- Department of Psychology, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Madsen CS, Finnerup NB, Baumgärtner U. Assessment of small fibers using evoked potentials. Scand J Pain 2014; 5:111-118. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Background and purpose
Conventional neurophysiological techniques do not assess the function of nociceptive pathways and are inadequate to detect abnormalities in patients with small-fiber damage. This overview aims to give an update on the methods and techniques used to assess small fiber (Aδ- and C-fibers) function using evoked potentials in research and clinical settings.
Methods
Noxious radiant or contact heat allows the recording of heat-evoked brain potentials commonly referred to as laser evoked potentials (LEPs) and contact heat-evoked potentials (CHEPs). Both methods reliably assess the loss of Aδ-fiber function by means of reduced amplitude and increased latency of late responses, whereas other methods have been developed to record ultra-late C-fiber-related potentials. Methodological considerations with the use of LEPs and CHEPs include fixed versus variable stimulation site, application pressure, and attentional factors. While the amplitude of LEPs and CHEPs often correlates with the reported intensity of the stimulation, these factors may also be dissociated. It is suggested that the magnitude of the response may be related to the saliency of the noxious stimulus (the ability of the stimulus to stand out from the background) rather than the pain perception.
Results
LEPs and CHEPs are increasingly used as objective laboratory tests to assess the pathways mediating thermal pain, but new methods have recently been developed to evaluate other small-fiber pathways. Pain-related electrically evoked potentials with a low-intensity electrical simulation have been proposed as an alternative method to selectively activate Aδ-nociceptors. A new technique using a flat tip mechanical stimulator has been shown to elicit brain potentials following activation of Type I A mechano-heat (AMH) fibers. These pinprick-evoked potentials (PEP) have a morphology resembling those of heat-evoked potentials following activation of Type II AMH fibers, but with a shorter latency. Cool-evoked potentials can be used for recording the non-nociceptive pathways for cooling. At present, the use of cool-evoked potentials is still in the experimental state. Contact thermodes designed to generate steep heat ramps may be programmed differently to generate cool ramps from a baseline of 35◦C down to 32◦C or 30◦C. Small-fiber evoked potentials are valuable tools for assessment of small-fiber function in sensory neuropathy, central nervous system lesion, and for the diagnosis of neuropathic pain. Recent studies suggest that both CHEPs and pinprick-evoked potentials may also be convenient tools to assess sensitization of the nociceptive system.
Conclusions
In future studies, small-fiber evoked potentials may also be used in studies that aim to understand pain mechanisms including different neuropathic pain phenotypes, such as cold- or touch-evoked allodynia, and to identify predictors of response to pharmacological pain treatment.
Implications
Future studies are needed for some of the newly developed methods.
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- Caspar Skau Madsen
- Danish Pain Research Center , Aarhus University Hospital , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM) , Heidelberg University , Mannheim , Germany
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Pazzaglia C, Valeriani M. Brain-evoked potentials as a tool for diagnosing neuropathic pain. Expert Rev Neurother 2014; 9:759-71. [DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Stancak A, Fallon N. Emotional modulation of experimental pain: a source imaging study of laser evoked potentials. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:552. [PMID: 24062659 PMCID: PMC3775006 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Negative emotions have been shown to augment experimental pain. As induced emotions alter brain activity, it is not clear whether pain augmentation during noxious stimulation would be related to neural activation existing prior to onset of a noxious stimulus or alternatively, whether emotional stimuli would only alter neural activity during the period of nociceptive processing. We analyzed the spatio-temporal patterns of laser evoked potentials (LEPs) occurring prior to and during the period of cortical processing of noxious laser stimuli during passive viewing of negative, positive, or neutral emotional pictures. Independent component analysis (ICA) was applied to series of source activation volumes, reconstructed using local autoregressive average model (LAURA). Pain was the strongest when laser stimuli were associated with negative emotional pictures. Prior to laser stimulus and during the first 100 ms after onset of laser stimulus, activations were seen in the left and right medial temporal cortex, cerebellum, posterior cingulate, and rostral cingulate/prefrontal cortex. In all these regions, positive or neutral pictures showed stronger activations than negative pictures. During laser stimulation, activations in the right and left anterior insula, temporal cortex and right anterior and posterior parietal cortex were stronger during negative than neutral or positive emotional pictures. Results suggest that negative emotional stimuli increase activation in the left and right anterior insula and temporal cortex, and right posterior and anterior parietal cortex only during the period of nociceptive processing. The role of background brain activation in emotional modulation of pain appears to be only permissive, and consisting in attenuation of activation in structures maintaining the resting state of the brain.
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- Andrej Stancak
- Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Health, and Society, University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
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Intrinsic variability in the human response to pain is assembled from multiple, dynamic brain processes. Neuroimage 2013; 75:68-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Subjects’ hypnotizability level affects somatosensory evoked potentials to non-painful and painful stimuli. Clin Neurophysiol 2013; 124:1448-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Wang C, Ma Y, Han S. Self-construal priming modulates pain perception: Event-related potential evidence. Cogn Neurosci 2013; 5:3-9. [DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2013.797388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ring C, Kavussanu M, Willoughby AR. Emotional modulation of pain-related evoked potentials. Biol Psychol 2013; 93:373-6. [PMID: 23607998 PMCID: PMC3688070 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Revised: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pain-related evoked potentials were similarly influenced by emotional priming. The amplitude of both N2 and P2 decreased monotonically from viewing neutral to pleasant to unpleasant pictures. Cortical processing of trigeminal nociception is modulated by emotion. Reductions in pain-related evoked potentials may be explained by the ability of affective pictures to grab attention.
To investigate whether cortical processing of trigeminal nociception is modulated by emotion, the N2 and P2 components of the pain-related evoked potential (PREP) were recorded in response to noxious stimulation of the supraorbital nerve while participants viewed neutral, pleasant and unpleasant pictures. The nerve was stimulated at 125% of pain threshold via a nociceptive-specific concentric electrode to selectively activate A-delta pain fibres. The N2 and P2 pain-related evoked potentials were similarly influenced by emotional priming: the amplitude of both potentials decreased monotonically from viewing neutral to pleasant to unpleasant pictures. These findings show that cortical processing of trigeminal nociception is modulated by emotion. We explain our findings in terms of the effects of picture viewing on attention.
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- Christopher Ring
- School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
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Hansen N, Obermann M, Uçeyler N, Zeller D, Mueller D, Yoon MS, Reiners K, Sommer C, Katsarava Z. [Clinical application of pain-related evoked potentials]. Schmerz 2012; 26:8-15. [PMID: 22134376 DOI: 10.1007/s00482-011-1117-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Pain-related evoked potentials (PREPs) represent a novel method for the evaluation of peripheral and central nociceptive pathways, e.g. in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy (SFN) or after therapeutic interventions for headache. Compared to contact heat-evoked and laser-evoked potentials, recording of PREPs is less stressful for the subjects and technically less demanding. The clinical usefulness of PREPs has been described for SFN associated with diabetes, HIV and hepatitis C infections as well as in headache and facial pain disorders. They have also been evaluated after interventional methods, such as direct current stimulation (tDCS). The article reviews and discusses the advantages and pitfalls of this technique in the context of recent clinical studies as compared to other paradigms of peripheral electrical stimulation and delineates perspectives and possible indications.
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- N Hansen
- Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 11, Würzburg, Germany.
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Kumru H, Soler D, Vidal J, Navarro X, Tormos J, Pascual-Leone A, Valls-Sole J. The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation with visual illusion in neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury: An evoked potentials and quantitative thermal testing study. Eur J Pain 2012; 17:55-66. [DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Institut Guttmann; Hospital de Neurorehabilitació; Institut Universitari adscript a la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Barcelona; Spain
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- Institut Guttmann; Hospital de Neurorehabilitació; Institut Universitari adscript a la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Barcelona; Spain
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- Institut Guttmann; Hospital de Neurorehabilitació; Institut Universitari adscript a la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Barcelona; Spain
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- Institut Guttmann; Hospital de Neurorehabilitació; Institut Universitari adscript a la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Barcelona; Spain
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Blom JHG, Wiering CH, Van der Lubbe RHJ. Distraction Reduces Both Early and Late Electrocutaneous Stimulus Evoked Potentials. J PSYCHOPHYSIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Previous electroencephalography studies revealed mixed effects of sustained distraction on early negative and later positive event-related potential components evoked by electrocutaneous stimuli. In our study we further examined the influence of sustained distraction to clarify these discrepancies. Electrocutaneous stimuli of three intensities were delivered in pulse trains to the forearm either while participants attended the stimuli or while they performed a mental-arithmetic or a word-association distraction task. The amplitudes of the N1 and the late P2/P3a components were attenuated during both distraction tasks. These results seem to resolve the debate concerning the attentional modulation of the N1 component. Furthermore, we observed that the amplitude of the late P2/P3a component was strongly affected by stimulus change, in line with the opinion that this component is actually a P3a orienting response. Our study additionally revealed that habituation effects were reflected in lower intensity ratings and reduced amplitudes of the N1 and P3a components. The latter effects were independent of the type of task, which suggests that habituation is unaffected by attention.
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- Jorian H. G. Blom
- Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics, University of Twente, The Netherlands
- Cognitive Psychology, University of Finance and Management, Warszawa, Poland
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Valeriani M, Pazzaglia C, Ferraro D, Virdis D, Rotellini S, Le Pera D, Testani E, Minciotti I, Balestri M, Vigevano F, Vollono C. Evidence of different spinal pathways for the warmth evoked potentials. Clin Neurophysiol 2011; 122:2469-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Valentini E, Hu L, Chakrabarti B, Hu Y, Aglioti SM, Iannetti GD. The primary somatosensory cortex largely contributes to the early part of the cortical response elicited by nociceptive stimuli. Neuroimage 2011; 59:1571-81. [PMID: 21906686 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.08.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/21/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Research on the cortical sources of nociceptive laser-evoked brain potentials (LEPs) began almost two decades ago (Tarkka and Treede, 1993). Whereas there is a large consensus on the sources of the late part of the LEP waveform (N2 and P2 waves), the relative contribution of the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) to the early part of the LEP waveform (N1 wave) is still debated. To address this issue we recorded LEPs elicited by the stimulation of four limbs in a large population (n=35). Early LEP generators were estimated both at single-subject and group level, using three different approaches: distributed source analysis, dipolar source modeling, and probabilistic independent component analysis (ICA). We show that the scalp distribution of the earliest LEP response to hand stimulation was maximal over the central-parietal electrodes contralateral to the stimulated side, while that of the earliest LEP response to foot stimulation was maximal over the central-parietal midline electrodes. Crucially, all three approaches indicated hand and foot S1 areas as generators of the earliest LEP response. Altogether, these findings indicate that the earliest part of the scalp response elicited by a selective nociceptive stimulus is largely explained by activity in the contralateral S1, with negligible contribution from the secondary somatosensory cortex (S2).
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- E Valentini
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Pickles KJ, Gibson TJ, Johnson CB, Walsh V, Murrell JC, Madigan JE. Preliminary investigation of somatosensory evoked potentials in equine headshaking. Vet Rec 2011; 168:511. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.d1869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- K. J. Pickles
- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Veterinary Teaching Hospital; Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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Miyazaki T, Wang X, Inui K, Domino EF, Kakigi R. The effect of smoking on pain-related evoked potentials. Brain Res 2010; 1313:185-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study is aimed to explore the frequency characteristics of pain-evoked neuromagnetic responses in the secondary somatosensory (SII) cortices. METHODS Thulium-laser nociceptive stimuli to the left hand dorsum of 10 right-handed healthy adults. The pain stimuli were rated as mild, moderate, and severe levels according to subjects' reports on a 10-point visual analog scale. We analyzed their cortical responses with wavelet-based frequency analyses and equivalent current dipole (ECD) modeling. RESULTS For each pain level, we found an increase of theta (4-8 Hz) and alpha (8-13 Hz) power in bilateral SII areas at 180-210 ms after stimulus onset. The power was larger for the moderate than for the mild pain level (p < 0.05), but there was no statistical power difference of these oscillations between moderate and severe pain stimulus conditions (p = 0.7). Within the SII area, we did not observe particular difference in theta and alpha ECD locations between varying pain level conditions. CONCLUSIONS The 4-13 Hz activities, peaking from 180 to 210 ms, are oscillatory correlates of SII activation in response to nociceptive stimulation, but their power may code the magnitude of pain stimuli only up to moderate level, as rated subjectively. This measure could be potentially used to evaluate SII activation in further pain studies.
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Valeriani M, Truini A, Le Pera D, Insola A, Galeotti F, Petrachi C, Mazzone P, Cruccu G. Laser evoked potential recording from intracerebral deep electrodes. Clin Neurophysiol 2009; 120:790-5. [PMID: 19303809 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.02.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Revised: 02/06/2009] [Accepted: 02/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether recording from deep intracerebral (IC) electrodes can disclose laser evoked potential (LEP) components generated under the cerebral cortex. METHODS LEPs were recorded to hand and/or perioral region stimulation from 7 patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, who underwent implant of IC electrodes in the globus pallidum pars interna (GPi), in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN). LEPs were obtained from the IC electrode contacts and from the Cz vertex, referred to the nose. RESULTS The scalp traces showed a triphasic response (P1-N2-P2). The IC electrodes recorded two main components (ICP2 and ICN2), showing the same latencies as the scalp N2 and P2 potentials, respectively. The ICP2-ICN2 complex was sometimes preceded by a ICP1 wave at the same latency of the scalp P1 response. CONCLUSIONS The LEP components recorded from the IC electrodes mirrored the ones picked up from the Cz lead, thus suggesting that they are probably generated by the opposite pole of the same cortical sources producing the scalp responses. SIGNIFICANCE In the IC traces, there was no evidence of earlier potentials possibly generated within the thalamus or of subcortical far-field responses. This means that the nociceptive signal amplification occurring within the cerebral cortex is necessary to produce identifiable LEP components.
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- Massimiliano Valeriani
- Division of Neurology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy.
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Jaw FS, Kao YC, Chen CP, Liao WL. Cerebral columnar organization of the first nociceptive component induced by CO2 laser on the tail of the rat. Neuroscience 2009; 158:945-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Revised: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 10/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Csifcsak G, Antal A, Hillers F, Levold M, Bachmann CG, Happe S, Nitsche MA, Ellrich J, Paulus W. Modulatory Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Laser-Evoked Potentials. PAIN MEDICINE 2009; 10:122-32. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00508.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tanaka E, Inui K, Kida T, Miyazaki T, Takeshima Y, Kakigi R. A transition from unimodal to multimodal activations in four sensory modalities in humans: an electrophysiological study. BMC Neurosci 2008; 9:116. [PMID: 19061523 PMCID: PMC2607283 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-9-116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Accepted: 12/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background To investigate the long-latency activities common to all sensory modalities, electroencephalographic responses to auditory (1000 Hz pure tone), tactile (electrical stimulation to the index finger), visual (simple figure of a star), and noxious (intra-epidermal electrical stimulation to the dorsum of the hand) stimuli were recorded from 27 scalp electrodes in 14 healthy volunteers. Results Results of source modeling showed multimodal activations in the anterior part of the cingulate cortex (ACC) and hippocampal region (Hip). The activity in the ACC was biphasic. In all sensory modalities, the first component of ACC activity peaked 30–56 ms later than the peak of the major modality-specific activity, the second component of ACC activity peaked 117–145 ms later than the peak of the first component, and the activity in Hip peaked 43–77 ms later than the second component of ACC activity. Conclusion The temporal sequence of activations through modality-specific and multimodal pathways was similar among all sensory modalities.
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- Emi Tanaka
- Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
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Perchet C, Godinho F, Mazza S, Frot M, Legrain V, Magnin M, Garcia-Larrea L. Evoked potentials to nociceptive stimuli delivered by CO2 or Nd:YAP lasers. Clin Neurophysiol 2008; 119:2615-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Revised: 06/26/2008] [Accepted: 06/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Boyle Y, El-Deredy W, Montes EM, Bentley DE, Jones AK. Selective modulation of nociceptive processing due to noise distraction. Pain 2008; 138:630-640. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2007] [Revised: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Nir RR, Lev R, Moont R, Granovsky Y, Sprecher E, Yarnitsky D. Neurophysiology of the cortical pain network: revisiting the role of S1 in subjective pain perception via standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA). THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2008; 9:1058-69. [PMID: 18708299 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2008] [Revised: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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UNLABELLED Multiple studies have supported the usefulness of standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) in localizing generators of scalp-recorded potentials. The current study implemented sLORETA on pain event-related potentials, primarily aiming at validating this technique for pain research by identifying well-known pain-related regions. Subsequently, we pointed at investigating the still-debated and ambiguous topic of pain intensity coding at these regions, focusing on their relative impact on subjective pain perception. sLORETA revealed significant activations of the bilateral primary somatosensory (SI) and anterior cingulate cortices and of the contralateral operculoinsular and dorsolateral prefrontal (DLPFC) cortices (P < .05 for each). Activity of these regions, excluding DLPFC, correlated with subjective numerical pain scores (P < .05 for each). However, a multivariate regression analysis (R = .80; P = .024) distinguished the contralateral SI as the only region whose activation magnitude significantly predicted the subjective perception of noxious stimuli (P = .020), further substantiated by a reduced regression model (R = .75, P = .008). Based on (1) correspondence of the pain-activated regions identified by sLORETA with the acknowledged imaging-based pain-network and (2) the contralateral SI proving to be the most contributing region in pain intensity coding, we found sLORETA to be an appropriate tool for relevant pain research and further substantiated the role of SI in pain perception. PERSPECTIVE Because the literature of pain intensity coding offers inconsistent findings, the current article used a novel tool for revisiting this controversial issue. Results suggest that it is the activation magnitude of SI, which solely establishes the significant correlation with subjective pain ratings, in accordance with the classical clinical thinking, relating SI lesions to diminished perception of pain. Although this study cannot support a causal relation between SI activation magnitude and pain perception, such relation might be insinuated.
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- Rony-Reuven Nir
- Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Nakata H, Tamura Y, Sakamoto K, Akatsuka K, Hirai M, Inui K, Hoshiyama M, Saitoh Y, Yamamoto T, Katayama Y, Kakigi R. Evoked magnetic fields following noxious laser stimulation of the thigh in humans. Neuroimage 2008; 42:858-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2008] [Revised: 04/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Pain-related evoked potentials are modulated across the cardiac cycle. Pain 2008; 137:488-494. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2007] [Revised: 08/01/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Weiss T, Hesse W, Ungureanu M, Hecht H, Leistritz L, Witte H, Miltner WHR. How Do Brain Areas Communicate During the Processing of Noxious Stimuli? An Analysis of Laser-Evoked Event-Related Potentials Using the Granger Causality Index. J Neurophysiol 2008; 99:2220-31. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.00912.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Several imaging techniques have identified different brain areas involved in the processing of noxious stimulation and thus in the constitution of pain. However, only little is known how these brain areas communicate with one another after activation by stimulus processing and which areas directionally affect or modulate the activity of succeeding areas. One measure for the analysis of such interactions is represented by the Granger Causality Index (GCI). In applying time-varying bivariate and partial variants of this concept (tvGCI), the aim of the present study was to investigate the interaction of neural activities between a set of scalp electrodes that best represent the brain electrical neural activity of major cortical areas involved in the processing of noxious laser-heat stimuli and their variation in time. Bivariate and partial tvGCIs were calculated within four different intervals of laser-evoked event-related potentials (LEPs) including a baseline period prior to stimulus application and three intervals immediately following stimulus application, i.e., between 170 and 200 ms (at the N2 component), between 260 and 320 ms (P2 component), and between 320 and 400 ms (P3 component of LEPs). Results show some similarities, but also some striking differences between bivariate and partial tvGCIs. These differences might be explained by the nature of bivariate and partial tvGCIs. However, both tvGCI approaches revealed a directed interaction between medial and lateral electrodes of the centroparietal region. This result was interpreted as a directed interaction between the anterior cingulate cortex and the secondary somatosensory cortex and the insula, structures that are significantly involved in the constitution of pain.
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Rombaux P, Guérit JM, Mouraux A. Lateralisation of intranasal trigeminal chemosensory event-related potentials. Neurophysiol Clin 2008; 38:23-30. [PMID: 18329547 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2007.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2006] [Revised: 10/17/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
Abstract
AIM OF THE STUDY To determine whether or not chemosensory event-related brain potentials (CSERP) elicited by nociceptive unilateral intranasal (CO2) trigeminal stimulation are lateralized and, if they are, whether this hemispheric lateralization is related to the side of the stimulated nostril. METHODS Nine healthy right-handed subjects participated to the study. CSERPs were recorded after left or right monorhinal CO2 stimulation. Latency and baseline-to-peak amplitude of each CSERP component were compared across stimulation conditions (left and right nostril), scalp locations (lower-frontal, frontal, mid-temporal, central, posterior-temporal, parietal) and hemispheres (left or right), using a three-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated measures. RESULTS Intranasal trigeminal CO2 stimulation elicited a large N400-P550 complex. This complex was preceded by an earlier N300 component. Whatever the stimulated nostril, N300, N400 and P550 amplitudes were significantly higher on the right as compared to the left hemisphere, at lower-frontal recording sites. The side of chemosensory stimulation (left or right nostril) did not significantly affect CSERP components. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that in healthy right-handed volunteers with normal olfactory ability, intranasal chemosensory trigeminal stimulation may elicit a series of event-related brain potentials, which all display a significant right-hemisphere predominance, irrespective of the stimulated nostril. The observed lateralization was maximal at lower-frontal recording sites.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Rombaux
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, université catholique de Louvain, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 10, avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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