La modulation de la douleur par l’attention. Les apports de la neurophysiologie

Douleur et Analgésie - Tập 21 - Trang 99-107 - 2008
V. Legrain1
1Labor für Magnetenzephalographie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Allemagne

Tóm tắt

Il est désormais admis que la douleur est un phénomène perceptif complexe, ne dépendant pas seulement des caractéristiques physiques de la stimulation nociceptive mais aussi de l’état affectif et cognitif du sujet. Le système nerveux serait ainsi capable de modifier ce percept qu’est la douleur et de faire face aux signaux extérieurs menaçant l’intégrité physique de l’organisme. Parmi ces capacités internes, un rôle important est accordé à l’attention: écarter son attention du signal nociceptif pour investir d’autres objets perceptifs permet de diminuer le traitement du signal nociceptif et, par conséquent, la douleur résultante. Les études neurophysiologiques au moyen de l’électroencéphalographie (EEG) et de la magnétoencéphalographie (MEG) permettent de décrire l’organisation spatiotemporelle des processus nerveux permettant de moduler la douleur par l’attention. Focaliser son attention sur des informations non nociceptives ou sur une région corporelle qui ne subit pas de stimulation nociceptive permet de biaiser le traitement nociceptif dans les régions somatosensorielles (contrôle attentionnel descendant). Par ailleurs, d’autres mécanismes sous l’gide du gyrus cingulaire antérieur permettent à l’attention d’être capturée par la douleur elle-même afin de pouvoir traiter l’événement extérieur à l’origine de la douleur (contrôle attentionnel ascendant). Minimiser l’impact de la douleur sur nos comportements semble donc dépendre d’un équilibre subtil entre différents mécanismes attentionnels.

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