“…Although the pattern of gray matter abnormalities is not necessarily consistent across all chronic pain disorders, there appears to be some level of convergence across different chronic pain disorders. For example, patients with chronic back pain 3, 79, 85, 92 , migraine 44, 77, 102 , trigeminal neuropathic pain 22 , hypnic headache 37 , chronic post-traumatic headache 65 , hip osteoarthritis 78, 79 , complex regional pain syndrome 26 have reduced dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) gray matter, compared to healthy subjects (for a comprehensive review, see 23 ).…”