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This study done at Stanford University School of Medicine trained 36
healthy subjects and 8 subjects with chronic pain using a new technology
called real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging. The study looked
at whether people with chronic pain would be able to reduce their pain
levels by studying their own live brain images. It was found that patients
were able to control activity in one of the pain centers of the brain
through the use of mental exercises and by visualizing their own brain
activity. With repeated practice their ability to control their pain
increased significantly. de Charms CR, Maeda Fm, Glover GH, et al. “Control
Over Brain Activation and Pain Learned by Using Real-Time Functional
MRI.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(51):18626-18631,
2005, December.
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/102/51/18626?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=sean+mackey&searchid=1136570538864_5191&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=pnas
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