Pain is a complex sensory and emotional experience that is heavily influenced by prior
experience and expectations of pain. Before the development of noninvasive human brain …

People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) identify pain as their most important symptom, one that
often persists despite optimal control of inflammatory disease. RA pain arises from multiple …

Abstract Purpose of Review Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be due to different
etiologies, ranging from peripheral inflammation to dysregulation of central nervous system …

Background: Fibromyalgia is a debilitating condition characterized by chronic widespread
pain. It is believed to be caused by dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS) but …

Osteoarthritis is one of the most frequent, disabling, and costly pathologies of modern
society. Among the main aims of osteoarthritis management are pain control and functional …

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is commonly accompanied by pain that is discordant
with the degree of peripheral pathology. Very little is known about the cerebral processes …

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. Understanding the neural
mechanisms of acute and chronic pain and the brain changes affecting pain factors is …

Background Chronic pain (CP) patients tend to represent aberrant functional brain activity.
Acupuncture is an effective clinical treatment for CP, and some fMRI studies were conducted …

Regional cortical thickness alterations have been reported in many chronic inflammatory
and painful conditions, including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and irritable bowel …

Purpose To review recent original research publications related to imaging of osteoarthritis
(OA) and identify emerging trends and significant advances. Methods Relevant articles were …