| PHN | postherpetic neuralgia |
| RTX | resiniferatoxin |
| fMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| Day 7 | the seventh day after modeling |
| Day 14 | the 14th day after modeling |
| FC | functional connection |
| ACC | anterior cingulate |
| HZ | herpes zoster |
| PFC | prefrontal cortices |
| Thal | thalamus |
| CON | control |
| RAGE | turbo-rapid acquisition relaxation enhancement |
| ROI | region of interest |
| NAc | nucleus accumbens |
| Mcx | motor cortex |
| Scx | sensory cortex |
| Cpu | Caudate Putamen |
| IC | insular cortex |
| AMY | amygdala |
| VC | visual cortex |
| Pir | piriform cortex |
| Hip | hippocampus |
| MO | medulla oblongata |