A central mechanism enhances pain perception of noxious thermal stimulus changes

Abstract Pain perception temporarily exaggerates abrupt thermal stimulus changes revealing a mechanism for nociceptive temporal contrast enhancement (TCE). Although the mechanism is unknown, a non-linear model with perceptual feedback accurately simulates the phenomenon. Here we test if a mechanism...

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Main Authors: B. Petre, P. Tetreault, V. A. Mathur, M. W. Schurgin, J. Y. Chiao, L. Huang, A. V. Apkarian
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0d9c56a73e5b40188c38feb489717da3
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