Ideas about pain, a historical view

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-80

  Perl, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OPIATE RECEPTOR;

BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS; THEORY;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN;

EID: 33845737742     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2042     Document Type: Review

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