title: Imaging Pain.
abstract: The challenges and understanding of acute and chronic pain have been illuminated through the advancement of central neuroimaging. Through neuroimaging research, new technology and findings have allowed us to identify and understand the neural mechanisms contributing to chronic pain. Several regions of the brain are known to be of particular importance for the maintenance and amplification of chronic pain, and this knowledge provides novel targets for future research and treatment. This article reviews neuroimaging for the study of chronic pain, and in particular, the rapidly advancing and popular research tools of structural and functional MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab (SNAPL), 1070 Arastradero Road, Suite 200, MC 5596, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1345, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Martucci
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab (SNAPL), 1070 Arastradero Road, Suite 200, MC 5596, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1345, USA. Electronic address: smackey@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Sean C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Mackey
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Brain-based therapies; Chronic pain; MRI; MVPA; Neuroimaging; Resting-state networks