Pain Perception

Known as: Pain Perceptions, perception of pain, sensory perception of pain 
The series of events required for an organism to receive a painful stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the… (More)
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Neurocognitive aspects of pain perception
The perception of pain is sensitive to various mental processes such as the feelings and beliefs that someone has about pain. It… (More)
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Review
2007
Review
2007
The Cerebral Signature for Pain Perception and Its Modulation
Our understanding of the neural correlates of pain perception in humans has increased significantly since the advent of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Genetic basis for individual variations in pain perception and the development of a chronic pain condition.
Pain sensitivity varies substantially among humans. A significant part of the human population develops chronic pain conditions… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Control over brain activation and pain learned by using real-time functional MRI.
If an individual can learn to directly control activation of localized regions within the brain, this approach might provide… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Activated mast cells in proximity to colonic nerves correlate with abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome.
BACKGROUND & AIMS The mechanisms underlying abdominal pain perception in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are poorly understood… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Keeping pain out of mind: the role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in pain modulation.
Frontal lobe activity during pain is generally linked to attentional processing. We addressed the question of whether 'bottom-up… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Imaging how attention modulates pain in humans using functional MRI.
Current clinical and experimental literature strongly supports the phenomenon of reduced pain perception whilst attention is… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Impaired nociception and pain sensation in mice lacking the capsaicin receptor.
The capsaicin (vanilloid) receptor VR1 is a cation channel expressed by primary sensory neurons of the "pain" pathway… (More)
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Pain perception: is there a role for primary somatosensory cortex?
Anatomical, physiological, and lesion data implicate multiple cortical regions in the complex experience of pain. These regions… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A peripheral mononeuropathy in rat that produces disorders of pain sensation like those seen in man
A peripheral mononeuropathy was produced in adult rats by placing loosely constrictive ligatures around the common sciatic nerve… (More)
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