Table 2. Brain regions and their functions where differences in functional connectivity were observed between SCD adults with and without chronic pain.
Function | Sensory processing | Motor processing/ executive function | Emotion | Memory/Learning |
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Brain Region | Right superior temporal gyrus | Right insula | Right superior temporal gyrus | Right cerebellum |
Right insula | Right/left superior frontal gyrus | Right insula | Left lingual gyrus | |
Right postcentral gyrus (i.e. 1° somatosensory cortex) | Medial frontal gyrus | Right/left inferior parietal lobule | Left precuneus | |
Right/left inferior parietal lobule* | Right cerebellum | Right cerebellum | Left superior parietal lobule | |
Right/left superior frontal gyrus | Left precuneus | Left lingual gyrus | Left posterior cingulate cortex | |
Left lingual gyrus | Left precuneus | |||
Left inferior occipital gyrus | Left posterior cingulate cortex | |||
Left middle occipital gyrus | ||||
Left middle temporal gyrus | ||||
Left precuneus | ||||
Left inferior parietal lobule | ||||
Left superior parietal lobule | ||||
Left supramarginal gyrus |
*Bold = regions associated with the default mode network (DMN).