A key role of the basal ganglia in pain and analgesia - insights gained through human functional imaging

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The basal ganglia (BG) are composed of several nuclei involved in neural processing related to the execution of motor, cognitive and emotional activities. Preclinical and clinical data have implicated a role for these structures in pain processing. Recently neuro...

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Main Authors: Chudler Eric H (Author), Upadhyay Jaymin (Author), Borsook David (Author), Becerra Lino (Author)
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Published: SAGE Publishing, 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:<p>Abstract</p> <p>The basal ganglia (BG) are composed of several nuclei involved in neural processing related to the execution of motor, cognitive and emotional activities. Preclinical and clinical data have implicated a role for these structures in pain processing. Recently neuroimaging has added important information on BG activation in conditions of acute pain, chronic pain and as a result of drug effects. Our current understanding of alterations in cortical and sub-cortical regions in pain suggests that the BG are uniquely involved in thalamo-cortico-BG loops to integrate many aspects of pain. These include the integration of motor, emotional, autonomic and cognitive responses to pain.</p>
Item Description:10.1186/1744-8069-6-27
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