Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique used to assess
cerebral blood flow noninvasively by magnetically labeling inflowing blood. In this article, the …

Fibromyalgia syndrome is mainly characterized by pain, fatigue, and sleep disruption. The
etiology of fibromyalgia is still unclear: if central sensitization is considered to be the main …

The subjective experience of one's environment is constructed by interactions among
sensory, cognitive, and affective processes. For centuries, meditation has been thought to …

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 …

MR-based brain imaging technologies provide a suite of functional and structural metrics
that can be used to test hypotheses about the CNS mechanisms underlying pain perception …

A meta‐analysis of 140 neuroimaging studies was performed using the activation‐likelihood‐
estimate (ALE) method to explore the location and extent of activation in the brain in …

Neuroimaging studies have suggested the presence of alterations in the anatomo-functional
properties of the brain of patients with chronic pain. However, investigation of the brain …

Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion is a MRI technique to quantify tissue blood flow. ASL is
a non-invasive technique that labels the protons in the arterial blood by radiofrequency …

The thalamus is a key relay station for the transmission of nociceptive information to the
cerebral cortex. We review the input–output connection, functional imaging, direct neuronal …

Previous PET and fMRI brain imaging studies targeting neural networks processing itch
sensation have used histamine as the sole itch inducer. In contrast with histamine, cowhage …