Hassaan, A, Jones, A and Sivan, M orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-2968 (2020) The brain alpha rhythm in the perception and modulation of pain. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 19 (4). pp. 31-34. ISSN 1473-9348
Abstract
Chronic pain is a major cause of disability and healthcare burden worldwide. Despite this, there are currently few medications available to manage chronic pain, due to poor understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Studies in the current literature suggest that the brain alpha rhythm may be involved in pain perception. There is an inverse association between alpha activity and the perception of acute and chronic pain, which applies to alpha power in frontal and central brain regions specifically. As Alpha activity increases in frontal and central regions, pain perception decreases. Conversely increased attention to pain or expectation of pain suppresses alpha activity and increases pain perception. There is nascent evidence that increased alpha activity by external stimuli reduces the perception of experimental pain. Future research should investigate the potential of such novel treatments to reduce clinical pain.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is an open access article distributed under the terms & conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Institute of Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM) (Leeds) > Rehabilitation Medicine (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2020 13:34 |
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2023 12:19 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Whitehouse Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.47795/GBPD9851 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163455 |