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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2012 Jul 1;15(8):1117–1119. doi: 10.1038/nn.3153

Fig. 3. mPFC–NAc functional connectivity predicts pain chronification.

Fig. 3

(a) Location and coordinates of the mPFC and NAc seeds used. (b) mPFC–NAc functional connectivity in SBPp was higher than in SBPr in separate fMRI scans. (c) Receiver–operator characteristic (ROC) curves and discrimination probabilities (D, area under ROC curve) for predicting pain persistence at visits 2, 3 and 4 using mPFC–NAc at visit 1’ (unbiased estimate). (d) In a separate validation group (n=13), mPFC–NAc strengths at visit 1 (inset), and ROC and D–values of visit 1 predicting persistence of pain at visit 4. [*p<0.05, **p<0.001] Error bars are S.E.M.