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Touch inhibits subcortical and cortical nociceptive responses

The neural mechanisms of the powerful analgesia induced by touching a painful body part are controversial. A long tradition of neurophysiologic studies in anaesthetized spinal animals indicate that touch can gate nociceptive input at spinal level. In contrast, recent studies in awake humans have sug...

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Autores principales: Mancini, Flavia, Beaumont, Anne-Lise, Hu, Li, Haggard, Patrick, Iannetti, Gian Domenico D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26058037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000253