"First pain" in humans: convergent and specific forebrain responses

• Main Authors: Tran Tuan D (Author), Hernandez-Garcia Luis (Author), Matre Dagfinn A (Author), Casey Kenneth L (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Brief heat stimuli that excite nociceptors innervated by finely myelinated (Aδ) fibers evoke an initial, sharp, well-localized pain ("first pain") that is distinguishable from the delayed, less intense, more prolonged dull...