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However, human brain neuroimaging techniques enable the assessment of functional and neurochemical alterations in patients experiencing chronic pain and how these factors may dynamically change with pharmacologic treatment.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n To identify the clinical action of pregabalin, a proven analgesic, the authors performed three complementary brain neuroimaging procedures: (proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging) in 17 chronic pain patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n The authors found that pregabalin but not placebo reduces combined glutamate + glutamine levels within the posterior insula (pregabalin\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.016; placebo\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.71). Interestingly, reductions in clinical pain were associated with reductions in brain connectivity of this structure to brain regions within the default mode network during pregabalin (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.82;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001) but not placebo (r = \u22120.13;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.63). Response of default mode network regions to experimental pain was also reduced with pregabalin (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.018) but not placebo (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.182). Perhaps most importantly, baseline values for all three neuroimaging markers predicted subsequent analgesic response to pregabalin but not placebo.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n The results of this study suggest that pregabalin works in part by reducing insular glutamatergic activity, leading to a reduction of the increased functional connectivity seen between brain regions in chronic pain states. 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