Anterior cingulate cortex regulates pain catastrophizing-like behaviors in rats

Abstract Negative pain expectation including pain catastrophizing is a well-known clinical phenomenon whereby patients amplify the aversive value of a painful or oftentimes even a similar, non-painful stimulus. Mechanisms of pain catastrophizing, however, remain elusive. Here, we modeled pain catast...

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Main Authors: Hyun Jung Jee, Elaine Zhu, Mengqi Sun, Weizhuo Liu, Qiaosheng Zhang, Jing Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:Molecular Brain
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13041-023-01060-8