How do morphological alterations caused by chronic pain distribute across the brain? A meta-analytic co-alteration study.

ABSTRACT: •In chronic pain, gray matter (GM) alterations are not distributed randomly across the brain.•The pattern of co-alterations resembles that of brain connectivity.•The alterations' distribution partly rely on the pathways of functional connectivity.•This method allows us to identify tendencies in the distribution of GM co-alteration related to chronic pain.

SUBMITTER: Tatu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5987668 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature