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https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/pain-regulation-and-research-decoding-the-brains-response-to-pain/166555/

Pain regulation and research: Decoding the brain's response to pain Here we explore research on the neural basis of human pain and pain regulation, which is supported by functional magnetic resonance imaging

We are looking for research volunteers for a study of fibromyalgia and widespread chronic pain, as well as participants without chronic pain for comparison.
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Volunteer for a Research Study | Stroman Lab Volunteers Are Needed! We are now looking for volunteers to participate in our CIHR funded research study on fibromyalgia. For this study we need both people with, and without, fibromyalgia.

We have published our latest paper showing a new analysis method that increases the amount of information that can be obtained from fMRI data.
We also use the method to demonstrate differences in neural signalling related to how individuals feel pain differently.

Proof‐of‐concept of a novel structural equation modelling approach for the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging data applied to investigate individual differences in human pain responses An innovative method is demonstrated for the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging data across networks of regions. By combining anatomical and physiological information in a network mode...

Congratulations to Kaitlin McNeil for her successful M.Sc. thesis defense!

Congratulations to Elena Koning for her successful M.Sc. thesis defense!

Our new paper is now available in Neurobiology of Pain! We investigated the effect of expectation-based analgesia on the experience of pain across a group of healthy individuals and found that this phenomenon is mediated by descending regulation of pain at the level of the spinal cord. This regulation appears to be related to arousal and autonomic regulation, consistent with the cognitive/affective dimension of pain.

Check out the paper here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452073X2100009X

Our PhD candidates, Gabby Ioachim and Jocelyn Powers, will be giving a seminar presentation on neuroimaging this Saturday at the Queen's Neugeneration neuroscience conference! They will be covering neuroimaging techniques spanning CT, PET/SPECT and MRI, and giving examples of practical uses for research and diagnostic medicine.