Impact of behavioral control on the processing of nociceptive stimulation

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 AUG, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Grau, James W ^a   Russell Huie, J ^b   Garraway, Sandra M ^a   Hook, Michelle A ^a   Crown, Eric D ^c   Baumbauer, Kyle M ^d   Lee, Kuan H ^a   Hoy, Kevin C ^a   Ferguson, Adam R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Bdnf; Instrumental conditioning; Learning; Nociception; Plasticity; Recovery of function; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866447814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00262     Document Type: Review

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