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The Fine Tuning of Pain Thresholds: A Sophisticated Double Alarm System

Two distinctive features characterize the way in which sensations including pain, are evoked by heat: (1) a thermal stimulus is always progressive; (2) a painful stimulus activates two different types of nociceptors, connected to peripheral afferent fibers with medium and slow conduction velocities,...

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Autores principales: Plaghki, Léon, Decruynaere, Céline, Van Dooren, Paul, Le Bars, Daniel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20428245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010269