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Papers: 30 Jul 2022 - 5 Aug 2022

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


2022


Front Aging Neurosci


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Comorbid depressive symptoms can aggravate the functional changes of the pain matrix in patients with chronic back pain: A resting-state fMRI study.

Authors

Zhang G, Ma J, Lu W, Zhan H, Zhang XF, Wang K, Hu Y, Wang X, Peng W, Yue S, Cai Q, Liang W, Wu W
Front Aging Neurosci. 2022; 14:935242.
PMID: 35923542.

Abstract

The purposes of this study are to explore (1) whether comorbid depressive symptoms in patients with chronic back pain (CBP) affect the pain matrix. And (2) whether the interaction of depression and CBP exacerbates impaired brain function.