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Pains, brains, and opium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

Anthony H. Dickenson
Anthony H. Dickenson
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKanthony.dickenson@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

In this response, I discuss the roles of the peripheral afferent drive in the maintenance of persistent pain, the concept of pre-emptive analgesia and the importance of the brain, the detailed involvement of which in pain is far less well understood compared to the events in the spinal cord. A comparison of pain to other sensory modalities is then made together with a discussion of learning and pain. These facets of pain are discussed in the light of treatment strategies for this condition.

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Author's Response
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 479 - 482
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© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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