Altered metabolic connectivity between the amygdala and default mode network is related to pain perception in patients with cancer

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• who: Wen-Ying Lin from the DepartmentTaiwan University have published the Article: Altered metabolic connectivity between the amygdala and default mode network is related to pain perception in patients with cancer, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
• what: PET imaging in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma or esophageal cancer demonstrated the potential involvement of cancer pain in enhancing temporal lobe activity, especially in the amygdala, hippocampus, and TP regions.
• how: The authors investigated signature cortical responses reflecting good or poor pain control by comparing the cortical activity of 80 . . .
  

   

  

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