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2024 Jul 14


J Affect Disord


39013522

Emotional contagion and cognitive empathy regulate the effect of depressive symptoms on empathy-related brain functional connectivity in patients with chronic back pain.

Authors

Ma J, Chen B, Wang K, Hu Y, Wang X, Zhan H, Wu W

Abstract

Chronic pain and depression share common neural mechanisms, but their impacts on empathy are different. It is unclear how comorbid depressive symptoms affect empathy-related brain function in patients with chronic pain.