Brain Connectivity Predicts Chronic Pain in Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Abstract

Previous studies have established the role of the cortico‐mesolimbic and descending pain modulation systems in chronic pain prediction. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is an acute pain model where chronic pain is prevalent and complicated for prediction. In this study, we set out to study whether functional connectivity (FC) of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is predictive of pain chronification in early‐acute mTBI.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Sep 09, 2022
Source ID
10.1002/ana.26463

Entities

People

  • Amir Lawen
  • Apkar Vania Apkarian
  • Chen Buxbaum
  • David Yarnitsky
  • Itamar Kahn
  • Michele Sterling
  • Noam Bosak
  • Noam Saadon‐grosman
  • Paulo Branco
  • Pora Kuperman
  • Rabab Zubeidat
  • Rafi Hadad
  • Ruth Manor Cohen
  • Shiri Fadel
  • Yelena Granovsky

Organizations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Northwestern University
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of Queensland

Tags

Readers

  • Neuroscience
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.