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Pain Matrix

The Pain Matrix is a neurobiological construct referring to a distributed network of brain regions, including the anterior cingulate cortex, insula, thalamus, and somatosensory cortices, that collectively encode and integrate the sensory, affective, and cognitive dimensions of pain perception.

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641

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238

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2017–2026

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Pain-processing Matrix

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Publications

108

Empathy for Pain Involves the Affective but not Sensory Components of Pain

Tania Singer, Ben Seymour, John P. O’Doherty et al. · Science · 2004 · 3.9K citations · Full text

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Imaging how attention modulates pain in humans using functional MRI

Susanna Bantick, Richard G. Wise, Alexander Ploghaus et al. · Brain · 2002 · 881 citations · Full text

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Do You Feel My Pain? Racial Group Membership Modulates Empathic Neural Responses

Xiaojing Xu, Xi‐Nian Zuo, Shihui Han · Journal of Neuroscience · 2009 · 797 citations

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A multisensory investigation of the functional significance of the “pain matrix”

André Mouraux, Ana Diukova, Michael Lee et al. · NeuroImage · 2010 · 564 citations · Full text

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Empathy and Judging Other's Pain: An fMRI Study of Alexithymia

Yoshiya Moriguchi, Jean Decety, Takashi Ohnishi et al. · Cerebral Cortex · 2006 · 443 citations · Full text

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Authors

641

  1. JL
    Jörn Lötsch

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    4 publications · 156 citations

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  2. BO
    B. Oertel

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    4 publications · 156 citations

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  3. JD
    Jean Decety

    University of Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. SM
    Salvatore Maria Aglioti

    Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy

    4 publications · 314 citations

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  5. CW
    Carmen Walter

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    4 publications · 156 citations

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Institutions

238

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    25.9K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    7.9K citations

  4. Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    379 citations

  6. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    883 citations

  8. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    4 h-index

    30 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Pain

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. NeuroImage

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Cephalalgia

    5 publications · 249 citations

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  5. Scientific Reports

    5 publications · 177 citations

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