Background Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that the electroacupuncture (EA)
stimulation could effectively alleviate neuropathic pain. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) …

Pain is considered a multidimensional experience that embodies not merely sensation, but
also emotion and perception. As is appropriate for this complexity, pain is represented and …

Brain tissue evaluation is essential for gaining in-depth insight into its diseases and
disorders. Imaging the human brain in three dimensions has always been a challenge on …

Peripheral nerve and spinal cord injuries, along with other painful syndromes such as
fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy, chemotherapeutic neuropathy, trigeminal neuralgia …

Objective: Herpes zoster (HZ) can develop into postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), which is a
chronic neuropathic pain (NP). Whether the chronification from HZ to PHN induced brain …

Purpose Structural magnetic resonance imaging is widely used to explore brain gray and
white matter structure in trigeminal neuralgia (TN) but has yielded conflicting findings. This …

Cervicogenic headache is an often observed secondary headache in clinical settings, with
patients who endure prolonged and persistent pain being particularly susceptible to mood …

Objective Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to detect whether 6
months after pain relieving, the structural and functional abnormalities in the brain of …

Objective There is increasing evidence that the cerebellum has a role in pain processing.
The present study investigates whether chronic pain patients, who are likely to have altered …

Brain tissues have been an attractive subject for investigations in neuropathology,
neuroscience, and neurobiol-ogy. Nevertheless, existing imaging methodologies have …