Tactile sensory and pain networks in the human spinal cord and brain stem mapped by means of functional MR imaging

NF Ghazni, CM Cahill… - American journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Touch and brush sensory stimuli elicit activity in
discriminative touch pathways involving specific regions in the spinal cord and brain stem …

Cortical representation of pain and touch: evidence from combined functional neuroimaging and electrophysiology in non-human primates

LM Chen - Neuroscience bulletin, 2018 - Springer
Human functional MRI studies in acute and various chronic pain conditions have
revolutionized how we view pain, and have led to a new theory that complex multi …

Functional MRI in human somatosensory cortex activated by touching textured surfaces

W Lin, K Kuppusamy, EM Haacke… - Journal of Magnetic …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
MRI revealed activation foci in human somatosensory cortex during protocols involving
stimulation of the fingertips with a textured surface. A 2D T2*‐weighted gradient echo …

Touch or pain? Spatio-temporal patterns of cortical fMRI activity following brief mechanical stimuli

F Lui, D Duzzi, M Corradini, M Serafini, P Baraldi… - Pain, 2008 - Elsevier
Most imaging studies on the human pain system have concentrated so far on the spatial
distribution of pain-related activity. In the present study, we investigated similarities and …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed functions of detection and discrimination of vibrotactile stimuli in the hierarchical human somatosensory system

J Kim, KR Müller, YG Chung, SC Chung… - Frontiers in human …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
According to the hierarchical view of human somatosensory network, somatic sensory
information is relayed from the thalamus to primary somatosensory cortex (S1), and then …

Distinct fine‐scale fMRI activation patterns of contra‐and ipsilateral somatosensory areas 3b and 1 in humans

E Ann Stringer, PG Qiao, RM Friedman… - Human brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Inter‐areal and ipsilateral cortical responses to tactile stimulation have not been well
described in human S1 cortex. By taking advantage of the high signal‐to‐noise ratio at 7 T …

Subcortical structures involved in pain processing: evidence from single-trial fMRI

U Bingel, M Quante, R Knab, B Bromm, C Weiller… - Pain, 2002 - Elsevier
Pain is processed in multiple cortical and subcortical brain areas. Subcortical structures are
substantially involved in different processes that are closely linked to pain processing, eg …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the spatial distribution of cervical spinal cord activity during tactile stimulation of the upper extremity in humans with functional magnetic resonance …

KA Weber II, Y Chen, M Paliwal, CS Law, BS Hopkins… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Dermatomal maps are a mainstay of clinical practice and provide information on the spatial
distribution of the cutaneous innervation of spinal nerves. Dermatomal deficits can help …

Finger representations in human primary somatosensory cortex as revealed by high-resolution functional MRI of tactile stimulation

R Schweizer, D Voit, J Frahm - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
Fine-scale functional organization of the finger areas in the human primary somatosensory
cortex was investigated by high-resolution BOLD MRI at 3 T using a multi-echo FLASH …

Differential fMRI activation patterns to noxious heat and tactile stimuli in the primate spinal cord

PF Yang, F Wang, LM Chen - Journal of Neuroscience, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Mesoscale local functional organizations of the primate spinal cord are largely unknown.
Using high-resolution fMRI at 9.4 T, we identified distinct interhorn and intersegment fMRI …