Research into the role of the brain in chronic pain
Lorimer went to a splendid topical workshop at the World Congress on Pain. The workshop was about the relative contribution of periphal and central contributions to fibromyalgia. There were three speakers. This blog will focus on the first - Jordi Serra from Barcelona.Jordi is a neurologist and is doing some excellent work with … [Read more...]
Human brain mapping doesn’t go back as far as one might think. The first brain activation studies used positron emission tomography (PET) back in the late 1980s. Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, followed in the early 90s and went on to radically change neuroimaging [1].Given that it’s such early days for brain mapping, … [Read more...]
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