The Journal of Pain
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 543-551 , June 2008

Illusion of Pain: Pre-existing Knowledge Determines Brain Activation of ‘Imagined Allodynia’

  • Heidrun H. Krämer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. H. H. Krämer, Department of Neurology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany.
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  • Christian Stenner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
    • ,
  • Susann Seddigh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, DRK Schmerz-Zentrum Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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  • Thomas Bauermann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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  • Frank Birklein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
    • ,
  • Christian Maihöfner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremburg, Germany.

Received 8 July 2007 ,Revised 14 January 2008 ,Accepted 16 January 2008.

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 Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bi 579-1; Bi 579-4), the ENS fellowship 2005, the MAIFOR Program of Mainz, the Foundation Innovation Rheinland-Pfalz, and the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain.

 Drs. Krämer and Stenner contributed equally to this work.

PII: S1526-5900(08)00438-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.01.340

The Journal of Pain
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 543-551 , June 2008

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