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Patients with fibromyalgia display less functional connectivity in the brain's pain inhibitory network.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There is evidence for augmented processing of pain and impaired endogenous pain inhibition in Fibromyalgia syndrome (FM). In order to fully understand the mechanisms involved in FM pathology, there is a need for closer investigation of endogenous pain modulation. In the present study, we compared the functional connectivity of the descending pain inhibitory network in age-matched FM patients and healthy controls (HC).We performed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 42 subjects; 14 healthy and 28 age-matched FM patients (2 patients per HC), during randomly presented, subjectively calibrated pressure pain stimuli. A seed-based functional connectivity analysis of brain activity was performed. The seed coordinates were based on the findings from our previous study, comparing the fMRI signal during calibrated pressure pain in FM and HC: the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) and thalamus. RESULTS:FM patients required significantly less pressure (kPa) to reach calibrated pain at 50?mm on a 0-100 visual analogue scale (p?

SUBMITTER: Jensen KB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404927 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

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Patients with fibromyalgia display less functional connectivity in the brain's pain inhibitory network.

Jensen Karin B KB Loitoile Rita R Kosek Eva E Petzke Frank F Carville Serena S Fransson Peter P Marcus Hanke H Williams Steven C R SC Choy Ernest E Mainguy Yves Y Vitton Olivier O Gracely Richard H RH Gollub Randy R Ingvar Martin M Kong Jian J

Molecular pain 20120426

<h4>Background</h4>There is evidence for augmented processing of pain and impaired endogenous pain inhibition in Fibromyalgia syndrome (FM). In order to fully understand the mechanisms involved in FM pathology, there is a need for closer investigation of endogenous pain modulation. In the present study, we compared the functional connectivity of the descending pain inhibitory network in age-matched FM patients and healthy controls (HC).We performed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in ...[more]

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Patients with fibromyalgia display less functional connectivity in the brain's pain inhibitory network.

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