Ploner, M., Sorg, C. and Gross, J. (2017) Brain rhythms of pain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(2), pp. 100-110. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.12.001) (PMID:28025007) (PMCID:PMC5374269)
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Abstract
Pain is an integrative phenomenon that results from dynamic interactions between sensory and contextual (i.e., cognitive, emotional, and motivational) processes. In the brain the experience of pain is associated with neuronal oscillations and synchrony at different frequencies. However, an overarching framework for the significance of oscillations for pain remains lacking. Recent concepts relate oscillations at different frequencies to the routing of information flow in the brain and the signaling of predictions and prediction errors. The application of these concepts to pain promises insights into how flexible routing of information flow coordinates diverse processes that merge into the experience of pain. Such insights might have implications for the understanding and treatment of chronic pain.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gross, Professor Joachim |
| Authors: | Ploner, M., Sorg, C., and Gross, J. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Journal Name: | Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
| Publisher: | Elsevier (Cell Press) |
| ISSN: | 1364-6613 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1879-307X |
| Published Online: | 23 December 2016 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences 21(2):100-110 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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