Pain is a multifaceted process that encompasses unpleasant sensory and emotional
experiences. The essence of the pain process is aversion, or perceived negative emotion …

Pediatric burns are a significant medical issue that can have long-term effects on various
aspects of a child's health and well-being. Pain management in pediatric burns is a crucial …

As pain is processed by an extensive network of brain regions, the structural status of the
brain may affect pain perception. We aimed to study the association between gray matter …

Previous studies have described the structure and function of the insular cortex in terms of
spatially continuous gradients. Here we assess how spatial features of insular resting state …

Sensitivity to pain shows a remarkable interindividual variance that has been reported to
both forecast and accompany various clinical pain conditions. Although pain thresholds …

Pain sensitivity of healthy subjects in the cold-pressor (CP) test was proposed to be
dichotomously distributed and to represent a pain sensitivity trait. Still, it has not been …

Chronic back pain (CBP) is a maladaptive health problem affecting the brain function and
behavior of the patient. Accumulating evidence has shown that CBP may alter the …

Objective To determine whether multivariate pattern regression analysis based on gray
matter (GM) images constrained to the sensorimotor network could accurately predict …

The insular cortex (IC) has been linked to the processing of interoceptive and exteroceptive
signals associated with addictive behavior. However, whether the IC modulates the …

Objective Recent studies have revealed a strong association between the cerebellum and
psychiatric disorders. However, the structural changes in the cerebellar regions and …