ReviewThe journal of pain2018
Pain Neuroimaging in Humans: A Primer for Beginners and Non-Imagers.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture for migraine: a literature review of neuroimaging studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Neuroimaging studies of acupuncture on Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Pooled it
- Acupuncture on mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review of neuroimaging studies.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of acupuncture on brain regions modulation of mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Revealing the Neural Mechanism Underlying the Effects of Acupuncture on Migraine: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
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- Acupuncture on Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review of Neuroimaging Studies.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Magnetic resonance imaging studies on acupuncture therapy in cerebral ischemic stroke: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Central Sensitization and Pain: Pathophysiologic and Clinical Insights.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Article
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging of headache: Issues, best-practices, and new directions, a narrative review.Headache · 2023Review
- Functional cortical changes associated with shoulder instability - a systematic review.Shoulder & elbow · 2022Article
- Music to My Senses: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Music Analgesia Across Connectivity Networks Spanning the Brain and Brainstem.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evidence for Integration of Cognitive, Affective, and Autonomic Influences During the Experience of Acute Pain in Healthy Human Volunteers.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Supraspinal nociceptive networks in neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.Human brain mapping · 2021Article
- Development and evaluation of a high performance T1-weighted brain template for use in studies on older adults.Human brain mapping · 2021Article
- How fMRI Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling Techniques Can Improve Our Understanding of Pain Processing in Fibromyalgia.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Supraspinal Mechanisms Underlying Ocular Pain.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- Effect of Electroacupuncture on Pain Perception and Pain-Related Affection: Dissociation or Interaction Based on the Anterior Cingulate Cortex and S1.Neural plasticity · 2020Article
- Identifying inter-individual differences in pain threshold using brain connectome: a test-retest reproducible study.NeuroImage · 2019Article
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Abstract
Human pain neuroimaging has exploded in the past 2 decades. During this time, the broader neuroimaging community has continued to investigate and refine methods. Another key to progress is exchange with clinicians and pain scientists working with other model systems and approaches. These collaborative efforts require that non-imagers be able to evaluate and assess the evidence provided in these reports. Likewise, new trainees must design rigorous and reliable pain imaging experiments. In this article we provide a guideline for designing, reading, evaluating, analyzing, and reporting results of a pain neuroimaging experiment, with a focus on functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging. We focus in particular on considerations that are unique to neuroimaging studies of pain in humans, including study design and analysis, inferences that can be drawn from these studies, and the strengths and limitations of the approach. PERSPECTIVE: This article provides an overview of the concepts and considerations of structural and functional magnetic resonance neuroimaging studies. The primer is written for those who are not familiar with brain imaging. We review key concepts related to recruitment and study sample, experimental design, data analysis and data interpretation.
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