Pain and the brain: specificity and plasticity of the brain in clinical chronic pain

AV Apkarian, JA Hashmi, MN Baliki - Pain, 2011 - Elsevier
The state of our understanding of the interaction between pain and the brain is undergoing a
veritable revolution, with new surprising observations accumulating at a fast pace. A cursory …

Deconstructing sex differences in pain sensitivity

JA Hashmi, KD Davis - PAIN®, 2014 - Elsevier
Aristotle erroneously believed that women had fewer teeth than men, even though this
preconceived notion could easily be tested with a simple measurement [2]. Today, women …

Shape shifting pain: chronification of back pain shifts brain representation from nociceptive to emotional circuits

JA Hashmi, MN Baliki, L Huang, AT Baria, S Torbey… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Chronic pain conditions are associated with abnormalities in brain structure and function.
Moreover, some studies indicate that brain activity related to the subjective perception of …

Corticolimbic anatomical characteristics predetermine risk for chronic pain

E Vachon-Presseau, P Tétreault, B Petre, L Huang… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract See Tracey (doi: 10.1093/brain/aww147) for a scientific commentary on this article.
Mechanisms of chronic pain remain poorly understood. We tracked brain properties in …

Brain networks predicting placebo analgesia in a clinical trial for chronic back pain

JA Hashmi, AT Baria, MN Baliki, L Huang, TJ Schnitzer… - PAIN®, 2012 - Elsevier
A fundamental question for placebo research is whether such responses are a
predisposition, quantifiable by brain characteristics. We examine this issue in chronic back …

Dexmedetomidine disrupts the local and global efficiencies of large-scale brain networks

JA Hashmi, ML Loggia, S Khan, L Gao, J Kim… - …, 2017 - pubs.asahq.org
Background A clear understanding of the neural basis of consciousness is fundamental to
research in clinical and basic neuroscience disciplines and anesthesia. Recently …

Blood-brain barrier leakage in systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with gray matter loss and cognitive impairment

L Kamintsky, SD Beyea, JD Fisk, JA Hashmi… - Annals of the …, 2020 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To examine the association between blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity, brain
volume and cognitive dysfunction in adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) …

Women experience greater heat pain adaptation and habituation than men

JA Hashmi, KD Davis - Pain, 2009 - journals.lww.com
It is not clear how males and females cope with pain over time and how sensory and
emotional qualities fluctuate from moment to moment, although studies of pain at discrete …

The modulation effect of longitudinal acupuncture on resting state functional connectivity in knee osteoarthritis patients

X Chen, RB Spaeth, SG Freeman… - Molecular …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent advances in brain imaging have contributed to our understanding of the neural
activity associated with acupuncture treatment. In this study, we investigated functional …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthened hippocampal circuits underlie enhanced retrieval of extinguished fear memories following mindfulness training

G Sevinc, BK Hölzel, J Greenberg, T Gard, V Brunsch… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The role of hippocampus in context-dependent recall of extinction is well
recognized. However, little is known about how intervention-induced changes in …