ArticleThe journal of pain2025
Associations between pain experiences and gray matter volume in youth in the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study.
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- Lower resting-state functional connectivity between frontoparietal and sensory networks is associated with recent pain intensity in a community sample of youth.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Patient Perspectives on the Process and Outcome of Group Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Pain.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
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Abstract
Pain in youth is a growing public health concern. While research suggests pervasive differences in brain morphology with pain in adulthood, this relationship is less studied in adolescence. To address this gap, the present study explored pain-related associations with gray matter volume across 82 brain regions in a community sample of 7712 youth (mean age = 11.96) by comparing structural brain measures between those with (n = 2668; 34.6%) and without (n = 5044; 65.4%) past-month pain and examining associations with a continuous latent pain factor composed of average pain ratings, worst pain ratings, and pain limitations. Results showed no significant morphological differences between groups with and without past-month pain. Among participants reporting pain, average pain limitations were generally low, despite varied pain intensity, duration, and number of pain locations. Within this group, higher latent pain scores were associated with lower gray matter volume in six cortical regions (bilateral precentral, right postcentral, right inferior parietal, left supramarginal and left lateral occipital gyri; all p
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