Brain activity associated with pain and hyperalgesia: an ale meta-analysis
F Seifert, S Lanz, C Maihöfner · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2009 · Heft 10
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Background: The use of functional brain imaging techniques offers the possibility to uncover the cerebral processing of the human pain experience. Many imaging studies have focused on defining a network of brain structures involved in the processing of normal pain. In addition it was shown that stimulus-evoked pain, which is a frequent symptom of neuropathic pain, causes distinct patterns of brain activation. In the present study we analyzed the data of the previous studies quantitatively. Methods: Studies were collected by a MEDLINE query. A meta-analysis using the activation-likelihood-estimation (ALE) method…