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

Abstract We investigated the neural correlates for chronic cancer pain conditions by retrospectively analyzing whole brain regions on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography images acquired from 80 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and esophageal cancer. The patients...

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Main Authors: Wen-Ying Lin, Jen-Chuen Hsieh, Ching-Chu Lu, Yumie Ono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18430-2