Anticipation of pain enhances the nociceptive transmission and functional connectivity within pain network in rats

• Main Authors: Baccalá Luiz A (Author), Woodward Donald J (Author), Chang Jing-Yu (Author), Zhang Han-Ti (Author), Wang Jin-Yan (Author), Luo Fei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Expectation is a very potent pain modulator in both humans and animals. There is evidence that pain transmission neurons are modulated by expectation preceding painful stimuli. Nonetheless, few studies have examined the influence of...