Frequency-domain EEG source analysis for acute tonic cold pain perception

• Published in: Clinical neurophysiology Vol. 123; no. 10; pp. 2042 - 2049
• Main Authors: Shao, Shiyun, Shen, Kaiquan, Yu, Ke, Wilder-Smith, Einar P.V., Li, Xiaoping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.10.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acute tonic pain; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Mapping; Cingulate; Cold Temperature; EEG source localization; Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording; Electroencephalography; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system; Neurology; Pain - physiopathology; Pain Perception - physiology; Prefrontal; Prefrontal Cortex - physiology; sLORETA; Somesthesis and somesthetic pathways (proprioception, exteroception, nociception); interoception; electrolocation. Sensory receptors; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; EEG source localization; sLORETA; Acute tonic pain; Cingulate; Prefrontal; Temperature; Cold; Central nervous system; Electrophysiology; Environmental factor; Electroencephalography; Spectral analysis; Encephalon; Pain; Treatment; Frequency band; Modulation; Tomography; Perception; Multiple frequency; Power spectrum

► Tonic cold pain induces significantly decreased source activity in low-frequency (<12Hz) bands but mainly increased activity in high-frequency (>12Hz) bands in multiple brain regions. ► Neuronal electrical activities that significantly correlated with subjective pain ratings are localized in...