Franklin Boyle (fb0m+ at andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
: Is there a particular location in the brain considered to
: be a "pain center", or is the interpretation of signals
: that originate from injury distributed? Also, is there
: some pathway for such signals different from that traveled by more normal
: sensory signals, and, whether or not it is separate, could
: damage to such a pathway cause normal signals to be
: interpreted as pain through some sort of modulation or
: distortion?
: Any replies would be greatly appreciated as would pointers to
: the literature.
: Thanks,
: Frank Boyle
A good start would be Chapter 27 "Pain and Analgesia" in Kandel, Schwartz
and Jessel *Principles of Neuroscience*. Of further interest do a recent
lit search on the anterior cingulate gyrus.
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