Greater socioenvironmental risk factors and higher chronic pain stage are associated with thinner bilateral temporal lobes.
Lisa H AntoineJared J TannerAngela M MickleCesar E GonzalezDaniel A KuskoKristen Allen WattsDeanna D RumbleTaylor L BuchananAndrew M SimsRoland StaudSong LaiHrishikesh DeshpandeBrandis PhillipsThomas W BufordEdwin N ArokeDavid T ReddenRoger B FillingimBurel R GoodinKimberly T SibillePublished in: Brain and behavior (2023)
Although individual socioenvironmental factors were not independent predictors, when collectively combined in models, ethnic/race group differences in bilateral temporal lobe structures were not replicated. Further, combined socioenvironmental risk factors and higher chronic pain severity were associated with thinner bilateral temporal lobes.