期刊
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 122, 期 9, 页码 1838-1845出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.014
关键词
Pain perception; Heartbeat evoked potential; Interoceptive process; Alternative pain measure
Objective: To investigate the effect of acute tonic pain on the heartbeat-evoked potential (HEP) and to test whether or not pain perception can be reflected by the HEP. Methods: Simultaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) were recorded from 21 healthy young adults in three conditions: passive no-task control, no-pain control and cold pain. The HEP was obtained by using ECG R-peaks as event triggers. Results: Prominent HEP deflection was observed in both control conditions mainly over the frontal and central locations, while it was significantly suppressed in the cold pain condition over the right-frontal, right-central and midline locations. A comparison of the data in the first and last 5 min of cold pain condition showed that lower subjective pain ratings were accompanied by higher HEP magnitudes. A correlation analysis showed that the mean HEP magnitude over the midline locations was significantly negatively correlated with subjective pain ratings. Conclusions: Cold pain induces significant suppression of the HEP across a number of scalp locations, and the suppression is correlated with self-report of pain. Significance: The HEP has the potential to serve as an alternative pain measure. (C) 2011 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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