Neuroimaging the Pain Network

Abstract

In this article, we want to provide an overview of neuroimaging studies in the field of chronic pain. Firstly, we start with a brief introduction about the phenomenology of pain. In the following section, the application of functional and structural imaging techniques will be shown in selected chronic pain syndromes (chronic back pain, fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)). In this context, common features and special features of imaging correlates across different types of chronic pain will be discussed.