title: [Intrinsic brain activity with pain].
abstract: Besides the responses to nociceptive stimuli other neural function modes of the brain are necessary to obtain a comprehensive understanding of pain processing in humans. During a resting state without extrinsic stimulation the human brain generates spontaneous low frequency fluctuations of neural activity. This intrinsic activity does not reflect random background noise but is highly organized in several networks. Based on the findings of recent functional imaging studies, the role of these resting state networks in acute and chronic pain is discussed.
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Deutschland.
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authors: Noll-Hussong
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D010487:Periaqueductal Gray / Q000503:physiopathology; D013133:Spinothalamic Tracts / Q000503:physiopathology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014278:Trigeminal Nuclei / Q000503:physiopathology