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Marco L. Loggia, PhD Neural Correlates of Neural Correlates of Ongoing Chronic Low Back Pain Ongoing Chronic Low Back Pain as Measured by as Measured by Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) http://diseases-blog.blogspot.com

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ain

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ag

ing

th

e b

rain

in

pa

in

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tro

to

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eri

al S

pin

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be

ling

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tud

yin

g C

LB

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ith

AS

L

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on

clu

sio

ns

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nic

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Back P

ain

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ow

ba

ck p

ain

is the

fif

th m

os

t c

om

mo

n r

ea

so

nfo

r a

ll p

hysic

ian

vis

its in

th

e U

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an

d a

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ing

ca

use

of d

isa

bili

ty

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he

pro

po

rtio

n o

f pe

op

le w

ho

se

lf-r

ep

ort

to

ha

ve lo

w b

ack p

ain

th

at

inte

rfe

res w

ith

th

eir d

aily

fu

nction

ing

is ~

25

%

•in

85

%o

f th

e in

div

idu

als

rep

ort

ing

back p

ain

, n

o d

efinitiv

e d

iag

no

sis

ca

n b

e m

ade

(C

avan

au

gh

an

d W

ein

ste

in, 1

99

4; D

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, 1

99

8)

Chro

nic

Low

Back P

ain

•E

ve

n w

he

n a

na

tom

ic a

bn

orm

alit

ies a

re d

ete

cte

d, th

e s

ign

ific

ance

is

un

cle

ar

�T

he

id

en

tifica

tio

n o

f b

iom

ark

ers

fo

r C

LB

P w

ou

ld h

ave

sig

nific

ant

clin

ica

l im

plic

atio

ns.

L5

-S1

dis

c p

rotr

usio

n in

a 2

4-y

.o.

wo

ma

n w

ith

no

ba

ck p

ain

Jen

sen

et

al.,

Ne

w E

nglJ M

ed

, 1994

Why lookin

g into

the b

rain

?•

Mo

st o

f th

e r

ese

arc

h o

n c

hro

nic

pa

in to

da

te is a

t th

e s

pin

al cord

le

ve

l

•B

ut…

str

uctu

ral a

nd

ne

uro

ch

em

ica

lch

ang

es h

ave

be

en

re

port

ed

in

p

ain

pa

tie

nts

Ap

ka

ria

ne

t a

l.,

JN

eu

rosci20

04

Sem

ino

wic

z e

t a

l.,

Ga

str

oen

tero

l20

10

str

uc

tura

l c

ha

ng

es

in

LB

Ps

tru

ctu

ral

ch

an

ge

s i

n I

BS

ne

uro

ch

em

ica

lc

ha

ng

es

in

Fib

rom

ya

lgia

Ha

rris

et a

l.,

Art

hritis R

he

um

at

2009

See

als

o K

uch

inad

et a

l.,

JN

eu

rosci2

007

; D

aS

ilva

et

al.,

PLo

S2008

, e

tc

Imagin

g b

rain

responses to p

ain

Ap

ka

ria

ne

t a

l 2

00

5

Imagin

g b

rain

responses to p

ain

Th

is typ

e o

f de

sig

n h

igh

ligh

ted

the

occurr

en

ce

of a

ug

me

nte

d

ce

ntr

al p

ain

pro

ce

ssin

gin

pa

tie

nts

with

chro

nic

pa

in.

Fo

r in

sta

nce, th

e a

pp

lica

tion

of th

e s

am

e s

tim

ulu

s to L

BP

or

FM

w

as a

ssocia

ted

with

str

ong

er

an

d m

ore

exte

nd

ed

activa

tio

ns th

an

in

HC

(e

.g., G

iese

cke

et a

l., A

rthri

tis R

heu

m, 20

04)

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t h

ow

ca

n w

e s

tud

y C

LIN

ICA

L p

ain

?

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g b

rain

responses to p

ain

Fro

m e

xperi

menta

l to

clin

ical pa

in

•M

ost o

f e

xp

erim

en

tal p

ain

is b

rie

f/cu

tan

eo

us, w

here

as c

linic

al p

ain

(C

P)

is d

ee

p a

nd

pro

lon

ged

.

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urt

herm

ore

, n

orm

ally

CP

ca

nn

ot be

sw

itch

ed

on a

nd

(esp

ecia

lly)

off a

t w

ill

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nds to

elu

de

stu

dy w

ith

blo

ck o

r e

ve

nt-

rela

ted

exp

eri

me

nta

l p

ara

dig

ms a

nd

BO

LD

im

agin

g

Ap

ka

ria

ne

t a

l.,

Neu

rosciLe

tte

rs,

2001

Tim

e

Online pain rating

Altern

ative a

ppro

aches t

o

the ‘tw

o-s

tate

subtr

action’desig

ns

•C

orr

ela

tin

g the

on

line

tem

po

ral pro

file

of p

ain

with

BO

LD

sig

na

l

Ba

liki, J

Neu

rosci2006

•R

estin

g s

tate

co

nne

ctivity a

na

lyse

s Napa

do

w e

t al.,

Art

hritis

Rh

eum

2010

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ative a

ppro

aches t

o

the ‘tw

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subtr

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ns

Anoth

er

alte

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:

‘tw

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subtr

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sig

n

with A

rterial S

pin

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g (

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L)

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eria

l spin

labelin

g

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rte

ria

l spin

la

belin

g (

AS

L)

is a

fa

mil

yo

f M

RI

tech

niq

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s w

hic

h u

se w

ate

r in

art

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fre

ely

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ely

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od

is t

ag

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y s

atu

ratin

g/in

ve

rtin

g t

he

lo

ng

itu

din

al co

mpo

ne

nt

of

the

MR

sig

nal

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nce

in

th

e c

ap

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rie

s,

the

ta

gg

ed

wa

ter

pa

sse

s in

to t

he

bra

in t

issu

e,

wh

ere

it

alte

rs

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lo

ca

l tissu

e’s

lo

ngitu

din

al m

ag

ne

tiza

tio

n

•In

terl

ea

ve

d w

ith

th

e ‘ta

g im

ag

es’are

usu

ally

‘co

ntr

ol im

ag

es’, in

wh

ich

th

e

ma

gn

etiza

tio

n o

f a

rte

ria

l b

loo

d is f

ully

re

laxe

d % signal change

from previous volume

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im

ag

es

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e

Co

ntr

ol im

ag

es

Art

eria

l spin

labelin

g

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f th

e s

equences a

vaila

ble

at

MG

H,

the S

iem

ens-

support

ed s

eq

uence is e

p2d

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ICO

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IPS

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ages a

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ed b

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thic

k invers

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lab

(~10cm

), p

roxim

al to

the im

agin

g s

lices;

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ntr

ol’

ima

ges

are

acqu

ired b

y a

pply

ing a

n o

ff-r

esonance in

vers

ion p

uls

e

without

an

y s

patial encodin

g g

radie

nt.

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he

t a

l.,

Ma

gn

Re

son

Med

, 1999

•S

ubtr

action o

f th

e lab

ele

d (

“tag”)

im

age f

rom

a r

efe

rence (

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ol”)

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ge

pro

duces a

perf

usio

n-w

eig

hte

d im

age,

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ich

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roport

ionalto

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Liu

and

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wn

, J I

nt

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he p

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usio

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urt

her

pro

cesse

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in

quantita

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ap,

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bso

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units (

in m

l/100g/m

in)

rCB

Fm

ap

(m

l/100g

r o

f ti

ssu

e/m

in)

Equa

tio

n f

rom

JJ-W

ang e

t a

l. J

MR

I 18

:404

-413

, 2003

*

Art

eria

l spin

labelin

g

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ross-v

alid

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tudie

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and c

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plic

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et

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2008

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L

J C

he

n,

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g, 20

08

Art

eria

l spin

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•A

lth

ou

gh

CP

ca

nn

ot be

easily

tu

rned

off a

t w

ill, it is p

ossib

le to

in

cre

ase

it b

y o

pp

ort

un

e m

an

ipu

latio

ns.

•W

e h

ypo

thesiz

ed

th

at:

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n in

cre

ase

in

on

go

ing

pa

in w

ill b

e a

ssocia

ted

with

an in

cre

ase

in

rC

BF

in b

rain

are

as in

vo

lve

d in

ce

ntr

al p

ain

pro

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s A

SL

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ws the

qua

ntifica

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n o

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BF

, th

is te

ch

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allo

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ese

cha

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ag im

ages w

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nd

then f

urt

her

pro

cessed t

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in q

uantita

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aps.

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BF

maps w

ere

inte

rpo

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esurf

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aces,

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mooth

ed

with a

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f ~

7m

m (

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e)

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han

ges in C

BF

were

com

pute

d f

or

each s

ubje

ct,

inte

rpo

late

d o

nto

sta

ndard

sp

ace (

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ge)

and t

hen g

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vera

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onte

carl

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ula

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ns r

un t

o c

orr

ect

for

multip

le c

om

pariso

ns (

vert

ex

thre

shold

of

p=

0.0

1)

Results

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nic

al

man

eu

ve

rs w

ere

pain

ful fo

r p

ati

en

ts,

bu

t n

ot

for

the c

on

tro

ls.

No

xio

us h

eat

eli

cit

ed

rati

ng

s w

hic

h a

pp

roxim

ate

d t

he p

ain

se

ve

rity

evo

ked

by

cli

nic

al

man

eu

ve

rs.

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ati

en

ts, clin

ical

man

eu

vers

, b

ut

no

t h

eat,

in

du

ced

a c

lin

icall

y s

ign

ific

an

t

incre

ase i

n o

ng

oin

g p

ain

(>

30

%)

pe

rch

clb

ple

gse

s1

0

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Aft

er

he

at

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er

man

eu

vers

% change in ongoing pain

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ica

lly s

ign

ific

an

t pa

in in

cre

ase

N surface vertices

rCB

F(m

l/100g

r tissue/m

in)

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tim

ate

d a

ve

rag

e C

BF

yie

lde

d p

hys

iolo

gic

all

y p

lau

sib

le v

alu

es

No

CB

F d

iffe

ren

ces

were

ob

se

rve

d b

etw

ee

n p

ati

en

ts a

nd

co

ntr

ols

at

ba

se

lin

e

Results

Ye

et

al., 20

00

Aft

er

the

(p

ain

les

s)

clin

ica

l m

an

eu

ve

rs, c

on

tro

ls d

id n

ot

ex

hib

it a

ny

inc

reas

e in

th

e r

CB

F

Results

Con

tro

ls –

Clin

ica

l m

ane

uve

rs

Sim

ila

rly, a

fte

r th

e h

ea

t p

ain

(w

hic

h d

id n

ot

ca

us

e a

clin

ica

lly

sig

nif

ica

nt

inc

reas

e in

pa

in)

pa

tie

nts

did

no

t ex

hib

it a

ny in

cre

as

e in

th

e r

CB

F

Results

Pa

tien

ts –

Hea

t pa

in

Results

Pa

tien

ts –

Clin

ica

l m

aneu

ve

rs

Ho

we

ve

r, a

fte

r th

e p

ain

-wo

rse

nin

g c

lin

ica

l m

an

eu

ve

rs, p

ati

en

ts

ex

hib

ite

d r

CB

Fin

cre

as

es

, o

ve

r a

wid

es

pre

ad

netw

ork

of

are

as

Results

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es

e a

rea

s in

clu

de

d:

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ma

ry a

nd

se

co

nd

ary

so

ma

tose

ns

ory

co

rtic

es. A

mo

ng

th

e

str

uctu

res m

ost co

mm

on

ly a

ctiva

ted in

pa

in im

ag

ing

stu

die

s, are

tho

ug

ht

to e

nco

de

the s

ensory

co

mp

on

ents

of pain

.

S1

active

at th

e le

ve

l o

f th

e p

ara

ce

ntr

allo

bu

le (

se

nsori

mo

tor

repre

sen

tation

of th

e le

g)

S1 S2

Results

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ht

an

teri

or

ins

ula

. A

no

ther

very

com

mon

ly a

ctiva

ted

reg

ion

in p

ain

stu

die

s, b

elie

ve

d to

be

in

vo

lve

d in

en

cod

ing

se

nsory

an

d/o

r a

ffective

co

mp

one

nts

of p

ain

, a

s w

ell

as in

in

tero

cep

tio

n.

An

teri

or

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la

Results

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th in

su

laa

nd

S2

ha

ve

be

en

im

plic

ate

d in

id

iop

ath

ic p

ain

co

nd

itio

ns,

such

as fib

rom

ya

lgia

.

Napa

do

w e

t al.,

Art

hritis

Rh

eum

2010

Results

Do

rso

late

ralp

refr

on

tal c

ort

ex

. R

eg

ion

wh

ich

ha

ve

be

en

fo

un

d to

be

h

yp

otr

op

hic

in p

atie

nts

with

chro

nic

lo

w b

ack p

ain

(A

pkari

an

et a

l., 2

00

6)

DL

PF

C

Ap

ka

ria

ne

t a

l.,

JN

eu

rosci20

04

Results

Me

dia

l p

refr

on

tal c

ort

ex

. A

reas w

hic

h h

ave

bee

n im

plic

ate

d in

both

lo

w

ba

ck p

ain

(B

alik

ie

t a

l., 2

006

) a

s w

ell

as in

rh

eum

ato

id a

rth

ritis

(Sch

we

inh

ard

te

t a

l., 2

00

8)

MP

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t a

l.,

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we

inha

rdte

t a

l.,

Neu

roim

age

20

08

Results

Su

pe

rio

r p

ari

eta

l lo

bu

le. Im

plic

ate

d in

atte

ntio

na

l m

echa

nis

ms, an

d n

ot

ve

ry o

fte

n s

ee

n a

ctive

in

pa

in s

tud

ies. H

eig

hte

ne

d v

igila

nce

to

clin

ica

l sym

pto

ms?

SP

L

Th

e a

vera

ge

rC

BF

incre

ase

cau

se

d b

y th

e c

linic

al m

an

eu

vers

was

~6m

l/1

00

gr

tis

su

e/m

in

Results

pc

gro

up

-15

-10-505

10

15

20

25

L paracentral

pc

gro

up

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10

12

14

16

18

20

22

L rostral middle frontal

pc

gro

up

-10-505

10

15

20

25

30

R supramarg

pc

gro

up

-20

-100

10

20

30

40

R postcentr

pc

gro

up

-15

-10-505

10

15

20

25

30

35

R paracentral

pc

gro

up

-15

-10-505

10

15

20

25

30

R sup frontal

De

lta C

BF

aft

er

clin

ica

l m

aneuvers

: R

aw

va

lues

Conclu

sio

ns

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xa

ce

rba

tio

n o

f clin

ica

l p

ain

is a

sso

cia

ted

with

the

CB

F in

cre

ase

in

a

wid

esp

rea

d n

etw

ork

of are

as, in

clu

din

g a

reas o

f th

e ‘e

vo

ked

pa

in

ma

trix

’(a

nte

rio

r in

su

la, S

1, S

2),

an

d r

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s less c

om

mo

nly

see

n

active

in

exp

eri

me

nta

l p

ain

stu

die

s (

e.g

., S

PL

)

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se fin

din

gs furt

her

su

ppo

rt th

e n

otio

n th

at chro

nic

pa

in s

tate

s

affect ce

ntr

al p

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pro

cessin

g

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SL

is a

pro

mis

ing

too

l to

in

ve

stig

ate

th

e n

eu

ral p

rocessin

g o

f C

P,

an

d p

rovid

es a

ste

p fo

rward

in

th

e q

uest fo

r o

bje

ctive

bio

mark

ers

of

CP

.

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ore

in

ge

nera

l, A

SL

ap

pea

rs to b

e a

use

ful com

ple

me

nt to

BO

LD

fM

RI im

ag

ing in

th

e s

tud

y o

f bra

in fun

ctio

n, as it ca

n b

e s

uccessfu

lly

ap

plie

d in

desig

ns in

wh

ich

BO

LD

is s

ub

op

tim

al

Thanks to…

•A

jay W

asa

n

•R

an

dy G

ollu

b

•L

i C

he

n

•Je

an

Ch

en

•V

ita

ly N

ap

ad

ow

•D

iv B

ola

r

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ou

g G

reve

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n K

on

g

•G

art

h C

oo

mb

s

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