New developments in the understanding and management of persistent pain

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-113

  Flor, Herta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

body perception; brain plasticity; chronic pain; extinction; learning; memory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANALGESIA; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; RESPONDENT CONDITIONING; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORY CORTEX; SOCIAL LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

BODY IMAGE; BRAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84857040750     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283503510     Document Type: Review

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