Differential encoding of noxious heat and self-reported pain along corticospinal networks: a simultaneous spinal cord-brain fMRI study
Dario Pfyffer, Yiyu Wang, Merve Kaptan…·Sean Mackey
This study uses simultaneous spinal cord-brain fMRI to show how nociceptive stimuli and pain perception are encoded in corticospinal networks, with spinal cord activity primarily reflecting stimulus temperature.