Background Recent functional imaging studies on chronic pain of various organic etiologies
have shown significant alterations in both the spatial and the temporal dimensions of the …

Background: Currently, there is controversy on the possible benefits of dual-attention tasks
during eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for patients with …

Introspective and self-referential in nature, the human brain's default mode network (DMN)
is presumed to influence our behavior in response to the environment in predictive manner […

Background: Without stimulation, the human brain spontaneously produces highly
organized, low-frequency fluctuations of neural activity in intrinsic connectivity networks (ICNs). …

OBJECTIVE: This preliminary study investigates the neural substrates of empathy-induced
pain in multisomatoform pain patients “with vs. without” a history of sexual abuse during …

As a complementary medical procedure, acupuncture has a significant impact on the treatment
of acute and chronic pain. Though the physiological mechanisms behind this method are …

Objective Psychological and neural mechanisms of the affective dimension of pain are known
to be disturbed in patients with chronic pain disorder. The aim of this functional magnetic …

Background Successful social interaction relies on the ability to attribute mental states to
other people. Previous functional neuroimaging studies have shown that this process, …

Objective Chronic pain disorder (CPD) has been associated with brain changes, especially
in limbic circuits. However, in most patients with chronic pain, depression or anxiety is a …

The ICD-10 offers the possibility of double coding of diagnoses in functional disorders on
the one hand, somatoform disorders on the other side. The current S3 guideline for" dealing …