Disruption of default mode network dynamics in acute and chronic pain states
NeuroImage Clinical October 19, 2017 Z. Alshelh, K.K. Marciszewski, R. Akhter et al. 176 citations
It has been proposed that pain competes with other attention-demanding stimuli for cognitive resources, and many chronic pain patients display significant attention and mental flexibility deficits. These alterations may result from disruptions in the functioning of the default mode network (DMN) which plays a critical role in attention, memory, prospection and self-processing, and recent...