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Irene Tracey

University of Oxford
Verified email at ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Cited by 47969

Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science

EA Holmes, RC O'Connor, VH Perry, I Tracey… - The lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound effect
on all aspects of society, including mental health and physical health. We explore the …

[HTML][HTML] The cerebral signature for pain perception and its modulation

I Tracey, PW Mantyh - Neuron, 2007 - cell.com
Clinical pain is a serious public health issue. Treatment of pain-related suffering requires
knowledge of how pain signals are initially interpreted and subsequently transmitted and …

A common neurobiology for pain and pleasure

S Leknes, I Tracey - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
Pain and pleasure are powerful motivators of behaviour and have historically been
considered opposites. Emerging evidence from the pain and reward research fields points to …

Dissociating pain from its anticipation in the human brain

A Ploghaus, I Tracey, JS Gati, S Clare, RS Menon… - science, 1999 - science.org
The experience of pain is subjectively different from the fear and anxiety caused by threats of
pain. Functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy humans was applied to dissociate …

Imaging how attention modulates pain in humans using functional MRI

SJ Bantick, RG Wise, A Ploghaus, S Clare, SM Smith… - Brain, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Current clinical and experimental literature strongly supports the phenomenon of reduced
pain perception whilst attention is distracted away from noxious stimuli. This study used …

Exacerbation of pain by anxiety is associated with activity in a hippocampal network

A Ploghaus, C Narain, CF Beckmann… - Journal of …, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
It is common clinical experience that anxiety about pain can exacerbate the pain sensation.
Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI), we compared activation …

The effect of treatment expectation on drug efficacy: imaging the analgesic benefit of the opioid remifentanil

U Bingel, V Wanigasekera, K Wiech… - Science translational …, 2011 - science.org
Evidence from behavioral and self-reported data suggests that the patients' beliefs and
expectations can shape both therapeutic and adverse effects of any given drug. We …

Neurocognitive aspects of pain perception

K Wiech, M Ploner, I Tracey - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2008 - cell.com
The perception of pain is sensitive to various mental processes such as the feelings and
beliefs that someone has about pain. It is therefore not exclusively driven by the noxious …

Imaging attentional modulation of pain in the periaqueductal gray in humans

I Tracey, A Ploghaus, JS Gati, S Clare… - Journal of …, 2002 - Soc Neuroscience
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience usually triggered by stimulation of
peripheral nerves and often associated with actual or potential tissue damage. It is well …

The influence of negative emotions on pain: behavioral effects and neural mechanisms

K Wiech, I Tracey - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
The idea that pain can lead to feelings of frustration, worry, anxiety and depression seems
obvious, particularly if it is of a chronic nature. However, there is also evidence for the …