Electroencephalography functional connectivity-A biomarker for painful polyneuropathy.

Leah Shafran Topaz Alex FridYelena GranovskyRabab ZubidatShoshana CrystalBuxbaum ChenNoam BosakRafi HadadErel DomanyTayir AlonLian Meir YalonMerav ShorMogher KhamaisiIrit HochbergNataliya YarovinskyZeev VolkovichDavid L BennettDavid Yarnitsky

Published in: European journal of neurology (2022)

Resting state EEG functional connectivity can serve as a highly accurate biomarker for the presence or absence of pain in DPN patients. This highlights the importance of the brain, in addition to the peripheral lesions, in generating the clinical pain picture. This tool can probably be extended to other pain syndromes.

Keyphrases

resting state
functional connectivity
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
high resolution
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
working memory
spinal cord
mass spectrometry