Clinical Study

Cerebral Activation during Von Frey Filament Stimulation in Subjects with Endothelin-1-Induced Mechanical Hyperalgesia: A Functional MRI Study

Table 1

Regions of cerebral activations during nonpainful stimulation of the noninjected arm.

LobusGyrusSideTalairachBA Lowest P value
x y z

Innocuous mechanical stimulation
Frontal lobePre-centralIpsilateral−42−105543.40.0051
Frontal lobeContralateral21−425656.40.0000000228
Frontal lobeContralateral1−66064.4 0.0001
Frontal lobeContralateral5113064.20.00034
Frontal lobeIpsilateral−5412467.4
Frontal lobeIpsilateral−13523196.4
Frontal lobeContralateral40428464.80.000002
Frontal lobeMiddle frontalIpsilateral−414454660.000001
Frontal lobeMiddle frontalIpsilateral−43381475.20.000002
Frontal lobeContralateral52514445.60.00000021
Frontal lobeInferior frontalIpsilateral−53514446.90.000000022
Parietal lobeContralateral42−59404040.0014
Parietal lobeIpsilateral−55−263724.80.00032
Parietal lobeIpsilateral−36−62353950.000011
Parietal lobeIpsilateral−57−2020406.80.0000000021
Temporal lobeIpsilateral−15364285.50.000004
Temporal lobeContralateral41−614375.80.000002
Temporal lobeContralateral5305225.60.00024
Occipital lobeContralateral29−8312194.90.000011
Occipital lobeContralateral24−90−5185.70.00000021
Occipital lobeIpsilateral−41−67−13740.0027
Occipital lobeMiddle occipitalIpsilateral−26−8514195.40.000002
Occipital lobeMiddle occipitalIpsilateral−28−872186.60.000000022
Limbic lobeContralateral14−39−63050.000011
InsulaContralateral43−3422136.9
InsulaSublobarIpsilateral−49−3820133.60.001
AmygdalaIpsilateral−22−7−103.60.0023
Limbic lobeContralateral6−645244.9
Limbic lobeIpsilateral−10−742243.2