Muscle sympathetic nerve activity-coupled changes in brain activity during sustained muscle pain.

Sophie KobuchAzharuddin FazalbhoyRachael BrownVaughan G MacefieldLuke A Henderson

Published in: Brain and behavior (2018)

These results suggest that multiple brain regions are recruited in a burst-to-burst manner, and the magnitude of these signal changes is correlated to the overall change in MSNA amplitude during tonic muscle pain.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
high frequency
blood brain barrier
cerebral ischemia