Microstructural Abnormalities Were Found in Brain Gray Matter from Patients with Chronic Myofascial Pain

• Main Authors: Peng Xie (Author), Bangyong Qin (Author), Ganjun Song (Author), Yi Zhang (Author), Song Cao (Author), Jin Yu (Author), Jianjiang Wu (Author), Jiang Wang (Author), Tijiang Zhang (Author), Xiaoming Zhang (Author), Tian Yu (Author), Hong Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Myofascial pain, presented as myofascial trigger points (MTrPs)-related pain, is a common, chronic disease involving skeletal muscle, but its underlying mechanisms have been poorly understood. Previous studies have revealed that chronic pain can induce microstructural abnormalities in the cerebral g...