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Dissociable Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Modulation of Pain and Anxiety? An fMRI Pilot Study

The down-regulation of pain through beliefs is commonly discussed as a form of emotion regulation. In line with this interpretation, the analgesic effect has been shown to co-occur with reduced anxiety and increased activity in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), which is a key region of em...

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Autores principales: Wiech, Katja, Edwards, Robert, Moseley, Graham Lorimer, Berna, Chantal, Ploner, Markus, Tracey, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25502237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110654