Paracetamol alters empathy scores in healthy and headache subjects: Functional MRI correlates

Cankaya, Seyda; Oktem, Ece; Saatci, Ozlem; Vehoglu, Halil; Uygur, Abdullah; Ozsimseka, Ahmet; Hanoglu, Lutfu; Yulug, Burak

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2020.04.053

Paracetamol alters empathy scores in healthy and headache subjects: Functional MRI correlates

Cankaya S., Oktem E. O., Saatci O., Vehoglu H. A., Uygur A. B., Ozsimseka A., ...More

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, vol.78, pp.215-221, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 78
Publication Date: 2020
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.04.053
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
Page Numbers: pp.215-221
Keywords: Paracetamol, fMRI, Pain Empathy, NEURAL BASIS, PAIN, METAANALYSIS, NETWORKS, OTHERS, FMRI, MIND
Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Although previous evidence suggest that paracetamol decreases psychological reactivity in healthy subjects, there is still no confirmed correlation between the empathy scores and brain activity in healthy and headache patients after paracetamol treatment.