Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface published the study.
Here are four observations:
1. The study found SCS may decrease patients’ emotional response to pain.
2. SCS can decrease the emotional connectivity and processing in particular brain areas of chronic pain patients.
3. A chronic pain patient possesses an abnormal default mode network, which is the brain’s resting state network affecting cognitive and emotional response to pain.
4. The researchers concluded their study will help establish new therapies for chronic pain patients based on pain’s pathophysiology.
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