Images Reveal Neuroinflammation in Chronic Pain Patients (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Images Reveal Neuroinflammation in Chronic Pain Patients

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Images created by averaging PET scan data from chronic pain patients (left) and healthy controls (right) reveals higher levels of inflammation-associated translocator protein (orange/red) in the thalamus and other brain regions of chronic pain patients.

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Marco Loggia, PhD, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital

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