Abstracts tagged "neuroimaging and pain"

Abstract Number: 449 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pain Processing in Chronic Low Back Pain Individuals with or without Sick Leave
Aloma Feitosa¹, Liliana Jorge², Liana Sanches², Eduardo Ferreira Borba³, Edson Amaro² and Ari Halpern^1,2, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Instituto do Cérebro, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Chronic low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints in industrialized societies. It affects 80% of the adult population at…
Abstract Number: 806 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Posterior Insula Combined Glutamate and Glutamine Is Associated with Pain in Fibromyalgia: A Replication Study
Eric Ichesco¹, Daniel J. Clauw², Steven E. Harte¹, Anson E. Kairys³, Johnson P. Hampson¹, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke¹ and Richard E. Harris¹, ¹Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology/Internal Medicine (Rheum), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Central pain augmentation resulting from enhanced excitatory and/or decreased inhibitory neurotransmission is a proposed mechanism underlying the pathophysiology of functional pain syndromes such as…
Abstract Number: 805 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Milnacipran Increases Cortical to Brainstem Connectivity During Pain in Fibromyalgia
Eric Ichesco¹, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke¹, Anson E. Kairys², Johnson P. Hampson¹, Steven E. Harte¹, Daniel J. Clauw³ and Richard E. Harris¹, ¹Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Anesthesiology/Internal Medicine (Rheum), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread pain disorder characterized by muscle tenderness, fatigue, poor sleep, and mood disturbance. Milnacipran is a dual serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake…
Abstract Number: 802 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Milnacipran Reduces Brain Activity During Pain in Fibromyalgia
Anson E. Kairys¹, Richard E. Harris², Eric Ichesco², Johnson P. Hampson², Steven Harte², Daniel J. Clauw³ and Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke², ¹Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Anesthesiology/Internal Medicine (Rheum), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and a number of concomitant symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognitive…
Abstract Number: 2644 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Working Memory in Fibromyalgia: Support for a “Competing Demands” Theory of Cognitive Function in Chronic Pain
Anson E. Kairys¹, Gabriela Ramirez¹, Eric Ichesco², Johnson P. Hampson², Richard E. Harris², Daniel J. Clauw³, Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke² and Jennifer M. Glass⁴, ¹Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Anesthesiology/Internal Medicine (Rheum), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The primary symptom of fibromyalgia (FM) is chronic widespread pain; however, patients report additional symptoms including decreased concentration and memory. Deficits are seen mainly…