Markus Ploner: Pain processing in the human brain - basic insights and clinical implications

Technische Universität München

Pain is a complex phenomenon which serves to protect the body. To this end, the brain integrates sensory and contextual information and
> translates it into an unpleasant experience, behavioral responses and learning processes. Proper functioning of these integration and
> translation processes is essential for wellbeing. Abnormalities of these processes can result in the experience of ongoing pain, i.e. in chronic
> pain states. In chronic pain, pain has no longer protective functions but represents a disease which imposes an enormous burden on patients
> and society. Functional imaging and electrophysiological studies have provided important insights into the brain processes underlying pain in
> health and disease. I will provide an overview of these processes with an emphasis on the role of neuronal oscillations and synchrony.
> Moreover, I will illustrate how these insights have influenced clinical practice.

 

Guests are welcome!

 

Organized by

John-Dylan Haynes / Margret Franke

 



Location: BCCN Berlin, lecture hall, Philippstr. 13 Haus 6, 10115 Berlin

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