What is spontaneous pain and who has it?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 921-929

  Bennett, Gary J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allodynia; central sensitization; hyperalgesia; inflammatory pain; ongoing pain; spontaneous pain; summated pain

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEAFFERENTATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN RECEPTOR; SENSITIZATION; SLEEP; STIMULATION;

HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84867019903     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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