Reward learning in the development and maintenance of chronic back pain.

Zhang, Li-Bo; Hu, Li · Cell Rep Med · 2022

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Treating and preventing chronic pain require our understanding of how it develops and maintains. Löffler et al. (2022)<sup>1</sup> demonstrate that distinct operant learning signals in the vmPFC-NAc pathway predict the development and maintenance of chronic back pain.

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