KeratoScoop (Rebecca's blog)

An approach to localizing corneal pain representation in human primary somatosensory cortex.

The cornea has been a focus of animal electrophysiological research for decades, but little is known regarding its cortical representation in the human brain. This study attempts to localize the somatotopic representation of the cornea to painful stimuli in human primary somatosensory cortex using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In this case study, a subject was imaged at 3T while bright

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I really appreciate starting to see things in the pain journals on this topic.

Chronic (neuropathic) corneal pain and blepharospasm: Five case reports.

Pain and focal dystonias have been associated with chronic pain conditions such as complex regional pain syndrome. Corneal pain, frequently known as "dry eye", may be a neuropathic pain condition with abnormalities of the nerve plexus. Here we present 5 case histories of patients with defined corneal pain (with

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