期刊
PAIN
卷 138, 期 2, 页码 362-374出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.01.010
关键词
touch; pain; cerebral cortex; humans; functional magnetic resonance imaging
资金
- MIUR Italy [PRIN 2004/2004054958]
- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena
Most imaging studies on the human pain system have concentrated so far oil the spatial distribution of pain-related activity. In the present study. we investigated similarities and differences between the spatial and temporal patterns of brain activity related to touch vs. pain perception. To this end, we adopted an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (tMRI) paradigm allowing us to separately assess the activity related to stimulus anticipation. perception, and coding. The fMRI signal increases following brief mechanical noxious or non-noxious stimulation of the hand dorsum were largely overlapping in the contralateral and ipsilateral hemispheres, including portions of the parietal, insular, frontal and cingulate cortices. Higher activity following noxious stimulation was found in the contralateral mid-anterior insular cortex, in the anterior mid-cingulate cortex (aMCC) and in the adjacent dorso-medial frontal cortex. Significant decreases in fMRI signals following both tactile and painful stimuli were found in perigenual cingulate (pACC)/medial prefrontal cortex (MPF) and in the posterior cingulate/precuneus/paracentral lobule: more intense decreases were found in the pACC/MPF following painful stimuli. fMRI signal increases in the contralateral insula and in aMCC. but not in the parietal cortex. were more prolonged following painful than tactile stimuli. Moreover, a second peak of signal increases (albeit of lower intensity) was found in anterior insula and aMCC during pain intensity rating. These results show specific spatio-temporal patterns of cortical activity related to processing noxious Vs. non-noxious mechanical stimuli. (C) 2008 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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