Altered Functional Connectivity in Sickle Cell Disease Exists at Rest and During Acute Pain Challenge
Zempsky W, Stevens M, Santanelli J, Gaynor A, Khadka S. Altered Functional Connectivity in Sickle Cell Disease Exists at Rest and During Acute Pain Challenge. The Clinical Journal Of Pain 2017, 33: 1060-1070. PMID: 28272117, DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseChronic pain disordersPain challengePain disordersCell diseaseSomatosensory networkBrain regionsAltered functional connectivityFunctional connectivity abnormalitiesSubcortical brain regionsLower functional integrationDefault mode networkCentral sensitizationRed blood cellsNociceptive informationPain sensitizationChronic painPain responseParietal lobe regionsPressure algometerPainful stimuliNeurodevelopmental abnormalitiesSCD controlsConnectivity abnormalitiesSalience network