Dissociating pain from its anticipation in the human brain.

The experience of pain is subjectively different from the fear and anxiety caused by threats of pain. Functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy humans was applied to dissociate neural activation patterns associated with acute pain and its anticipation. Expectation of pain activated sites with...

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Main Authors: Ploghaus, A, Tracey, I, Gati, J, Clare, S, Menon, R, Matthews, P, Rawlins, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999