The neural mechanisms subserving recognition of noxious stimuli and empathy for pain appear to involve at least in part the corticalregions associated with the processing of pain affect. An important issue concerns the specificity of brain networks associated with observing and representing painful conditions, in comparison with other unpleasant stimuli. Recently, we found both similarities and differences between the brain patterns of activity related to the observation of noxious or disgusting stimuli delivered to one hand or foot. Overlap regions included the perigenual anterior cingulate (pACC), whose activity was related to the perceived unpleasantness. We aimed here atrevealing how pACC functional connectivity changes in relationship to the different experimental conditions, using a psychophysiological interaction model. Activity in pACC during the observation of painful stimuli was specifically and positively related to regions in the right hemisphere, including portions of the prefrontal, midcingulate and insular cortex. On the other hand, positive changes in pACC connectivity during the vision of disgusting stimuli were present in the right basal ganglia. These data suggest that pACC activity is part of different networks involved in the recognition of painful or disgusting stimuli.

Brain networks responsive to aversive visual stimuli in humans / Benuzzi, Francesca; Lui, Fausta; Duzzi, Davide; Nichelli, Paolo Frigio; Porro, Carlo Adolfo. - In: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. - ISSN 0730-725X. - STAMPA. - 27:8(2009), pp. 1088-1095. [10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.037]

Brain networks responsive to aversive visual stimuli in humans

BENUZZI, Francesca;LUI, Fausta;DUZZI, Davide;NICHELLI, Paolo Frigio;PORRO, Carlo Adolfo
2009

Abstract

The neural mechanisms subserving recognition of noxious stimuli and empathy for pain appear to involve at least in part the corticalregions associated with the processing of pain affect. An important issue concerns the specificity of brain networks associated with observing and representing painful conditions, in comparison with other unpleasant stimuli. Recently, we found both similarities and differences between the brain patterns of activity related to the observation of noxious or disgusting stimuli delivered to one hand or foot. Overlap regions included the perigenual anterior cingulate (pACC), whose activity was related to the perceived unpleasantness. We aimed here atrevealing how pACC functional connectivity changes in relationship to the different experimental conditions, using a psychophysiological interaction model. Activity in pACC during the observation of painful stimuli was specifically and positively related to regions in the right hemisphere, including portions of the prefrontal, midcingulate and insular cortex. On the other hand, positive changes in pACC connectivity during the vision of disgusting stimuli were present in the right basal ganglia. These data suggest that pACC activity is part of different networks involved in the recognition of painful or disgusting stimuli.
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Brain networks responsive to aversive visual stimuli in humans / Benuzzi, Francesca; Lui, Fausta; Duzzi, Davide; Nichelli, Paolo Frigio; Porro, Carlo Adolfo. - In: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. - ISSN 0730-725X. - STAMPA. - 27:8(2009), pp. 1088-1095. [10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.037]
Benuzzi, Francesca; Lui, Fausta; Duzzi, Davide; Nichelli, Paolo Frigio; Porro, Carlo Adolfo
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