Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances and
functional symptoms. The etiopathogenesis, diagnostic criteria and classification criteria of …

Objectives The aim of the present study was to systematically review the literature
addressing pain-induced changes in the brain related to central sensitization in patients with …

Patients with fibromyalgia (FM) show characteristically enhanced unpleasantness to painful
and nonpainful sensations accompanied by altered neural responses. The diagnostic …

Stress is present in everyday life in various forms and situations. Two stressors frequently
investigated are physiological and psychosocial stress. Besides similar subjective and …

Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances and other
symptoms, and has a substantial socioeconomic impact. Current biomedical and …

Understanding how humans represent others' pain is critical for understanding pro-social
behavior.'Shared experience'theories propose common brain representations for somatic …

Neuroimaging research has demonstrated definitive involvement of the central nervous
system in the development, maintenance, and experience of chronic pain. Structural and …

Fibromyalgia and depression might represent two manifestations of affective spectrum
disorder. They share similar pathophysiology and are largely targeted by the same drugs …

Research into the neurobiological and psychosocial mechanisms involved in fibromyalgia
has progressed remarkably in recent years. Despite this, current accounts of fibromyalgia fail …

Objective Fibromyalgia (FM) is a disorder characterized by chronic pain and enhanced
responses to acute noxious events. However, the sensory systems affected in FM may …