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NEUROPHYSIOLOGIE CLINIQUE-CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 37, 期 4, 页码 249-259出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2007.07.002
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pain imaging; nociceptive flexion; reflex; motor component; insula; human
Recent neuroimaging studies precised the functions of the brain regions included in the so-called pain-matrix. They isolated brain structures mediating attentional, emotional, anticipatory, cognitive, and discriminative aspects of pain perception. Surprisingly, little attention was devoted to isolate the cerebral network associated with the motor response to pain. In this study, we used fMRI to measure BOLD signal changes in nine volunteers while they received low- (L-) and high- (H-) intensity painful electrical shocks on the (left) tower limb. High-intensity stimulation was associated with a significantly stronger pain sensation and with a pronounced motor (withdrawal) reflex. BOLD responses common to L- and H-stimulation intensities were found in the right prefrontal and right posterior parietal. cortices. These did not correlate with subjective pain ratings and probably mediate attentional processes unrelated to pain intensity and withdrawal. In contrast, signal changes in insula, left SII cortices and right amygdata did correlate with pain ratings and are therefore likely to encode for pain intensity. High-intensity shocks selectively recruited a motor network, including vermis, MI, SI, and paracentral. cortices bilaterally, right premotor, right SII and posterior cingulate cortices. These responses, assessed for the first time in a functional imaging study, emphazised on the presence of a motor component in what has been described as the pain-matrix. They should be considered as a motor component of pain-retated processes activated in case of intense pain. (c) 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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