An Illusion of Proximal Radiation of Pain Due to Distally Directed Inhibition

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-286

  Quevedo, Alexandre S ^a   Coghill, Robert C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

inhibitory; psychophysics; Referred pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN RADIATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEG; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RADIATION; REACTION TIME; SKIN;

EID: 33847677596     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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