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Irene Tracey

Researcher at University of Oxford

Publications -  300
Citations -  33798

Irene Tracey is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic pain & Functional magnetic resonance imaging. The author has an hindex of 87, co-authored 287 publications receiving 28848 citations. Previous affiliations of Irene Tracey include John Radcliffe Hospital & Harvard University.

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The Cerebral Signature for Pain Perception and Its Modulation

TL;DR: It is suggested that the brainstem plays a pivotal role in gating the degree of nociceptive transmission so that the resultant pain experienced is appropriate for the particular situation of the individual.
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Dissociating pain from its anticipation in the human brain.

TL;DR: Functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy humans was applied to dissociate neural activation patterns associated with acute pain and its anticipation to find sites within the medial frontal lobe, insular cortex, and cerebellum distinct from, but close to, locations mediating pain experience itself.
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Imaging how attention modulates pain in humans using functional MRI.

TL;DR: Functional MRI was used to elucidate the underlying neural systems and mechanisms involved in reduced pain perception and showed brain areas associated with the affective division of the anterior cingulate cortex and orbitofrontal regions showed increased activation when subjects were distracted during painful stimulation.
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Exacerbation of Pain by Anxiety Is Associated with Activity in a Hippocampal Network

TL;DR: This finding suggests that accurate preparatory information during medical and dental procedures alleviates pain by disengaging the hippocampus, and supports the proposal that during anxiety, the hippocampal formation amplifies aversive events to prime behavioral responses that are adaptive to the worst possible outcome.