Brain imaging tests for chronic pain: medical, legal and ethical issues and recommendations

KD Davis, H Flor, HT Greely, GD Iannetti… - Nature Reviews …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Chronic pain is the greatest source of disability globally and claims related to chronic pain
feature in many insurance and medico-legal cases. Brain imaging (for example, functional …

The search for pain biomarkers in the human brain

A Mouraux, GD Iannetti - Brain, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Non-invasive functional brain imaging is used more than ever to investigate pain in health
and disease, with the prospect of finding new means to alleviate pain and improve patient …

Pain matrices and neuropathic pain matrices: a review

L Garcia-Larrea, R Peyron - PAIN®, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The pain matrix is conceptualised here as a fluid system composed of several interacting
networks. A nociceptive matrix receiving spinothalamic projections (mainly posterior …

The pain matrix reloaded: a salience detection system for the body

V Legrain, GD Iannetti, L Plaghki, A Mouraux - Progress in neurobiology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies have shown that nociceptive stimuli elicit
responses in an extensive cortical network including somatosensory, insular and cingulate …

Assessing pain objectively: the use of physiological markers

R Cowen, MK Stasiowska, H Laycock, C Bantel - Anaesthesia, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pain diagnosis and management would benefit from the development of objective markers
of nociception and pain. Current research addressing this issue has focused on five main …

From the neuromatrix to the pain matrix (and back)

GD Iannetti, A Mouraux - Experimental brain research, 2010‏ - Springer
Pain is a conscious experience, crucial for survival. To investigate the neural basis of pain
perception in humans, a large number of investigators apply noxious stimuli to the body of …

A multisensory investigation of the functional significance of the “pain matrix”

A Mouraux, A Diukova, MC Lee, RG Wise, GD Iannetti - Neuroimage, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Functional neuroimaging studies in humans have shown that nociceptive stimuli elicit
activity in a wide network of cortical areas commonly labeled as the “pain matrix” and …

Why fish do not feel pain

B Key - Animal Sentience, 2016‏ - wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org
Only humans can report feeling pain. In contrast, pain in animals is typically inferred on the
basis of nonverbal behaviour. Unfortunately, these behavioural data can be problematic …

A neurocognitive model of attention to pain: behavioral and neuroimaging evidence

V Legrain, S Van Damme, C Eccleston, KD Davis… - PAIN®, 2009‏ - Elsevier
The perception of pain is the result of a complex dynamic system that codes, transports and
processes nociceptive signals. The relationship between nociceptive information and pain is …

Localization of pain‐related brain activation: A meta‐analysis of neuroimaging data

EG Duerden, MC Albanese - Human brain map**, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
A meta‐analysis of 140 neuroimaging studies was performed using the activation‐likelihood‐
estimate (ALE) method to explore the location and extent of activation in the brain in …