Goksan, S;
Baxter, L;
Moultrie, F;
Duff, E;
Hathway, G;
Hartley, C;
Tracey, I;
(2018)
The influence of the descending pain modulatory system on infant pain-related brain activity.
eLife
, 7
, Article e37125. 10.7554/eLife.37125.
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Abstract
The descending pain modulatory system (DPMS) constitutes a network of widely distributed brain regions whose integrated function is essential for effective modulation of sensory input to the central nervous system and behavioural responses to pain. Animal studies demonstrate that young rodents have an immature DPMS, but comparable studies have not been conducted in human infants. In Goksan et al. (2015) we used functional MRI (fMRI) to show that pain-related brain activity in newborn infants is similar to that observed in adults. Here, we investigated whether the functional network connectivity strength across the infant DPMS influences the magnitude of this brain activity. FMRI scans were collected while mild mechanical noxious stimulation was applied to the infant’s foot. Greater pre-stimulus functional network connectivity across the DPMS was significantly associated with lower noxious-evoked brain activity (p = 0.0004, r = -0.86, n = 13), suggesting that in newborn infants the DPMS may regulate the magnitude of noxious-evoked brain activity.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The influence of the descending pain modulatory system on infant pain-related brain activity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.7554/eLife.37125 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37125.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © Goksan et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055964 |
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