Could stress contribute to pain-related fear in chronic pain?

Learning to predict pain based on internal or external cues constitutes a fundamental and highly adaptive process aimed at self-protection. Pain-related fear is an essential component of this response, which is formed by associative and instrumental learning processes. In chronic pain, pain-related...

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Main Authors: Sigrid eElsenbruch, Oliver T Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00340/full