The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 609-618 , June 2009

Changes in Gray Matter Density in Fibromyalgia: Correlation With Dopamine Metabolism

  • Patrick B. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Family Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Patrick B. Wood, Angler Biomedical Technologies, LLC, 18401 Reed Parks Road, Jonestown, TX 78645.
    • ,
  • Michael F. Glabus

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport
    • ,
  • Ryan Simpson

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport
    • ,
  • James C. Patterson 2nd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport, PET Imaging Center, Biomedical Research Institute of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana

Received 20 July 2008 ,Revised 17 November 2008 ,Accepted 6 December 2008.

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 Supported in part by competitive grants from the American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Associations (AFSA), Inc. and the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00007-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.12.008

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 609-618 , June 2009

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