Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation of Auricular Percutaneous Electrical Neural Field Stimulation for Fibromyalgia: Protocol for a Feasibility Study

Melat Gebre   ^{1, 2 *} , BS ;   Anna Woodbury   ^{1, 2 *} , CAc, MD ;   Vitaly Napadow   ³ , LicAc, MSc, PhD ;   Venkatagiri Krishnamurthy   ^{1, 4} , PhD ;   Lisa C. Krishnamurthy   ^{1, 5} , PhD ;   Roman Sniecinski   ⁶ , FASE, MD ;   Bruce Crosson   ^{1, 4} , PhD

¹ Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Research & Development, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, United States

² Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States

³ Martinos Imaging Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Charlestown, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁵ Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁶ Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States

*these authors contributed equally