CASSIDY-FELTGEN at worldnet.att.net wrote:
>>CASSIDY-FELTGEN at worldnet.att.net wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what mechanism causes the rapid, brief headache pain
> > when a cold substance is ingested quickly? Related to this is my
> > question regarding the brain not sensing pain during brain surgery, but
> > a person's perception of headaches as localized pain within the brain?
> > Is this a paradox or are headaches not actually occuring within the
> > brain?
>> I greatly appreciate the responses. Sorry, I missed the prior
> discussion. My assumptions about the origination of the pain seem to be
> supported, as I also had been previously informed of the constriction of
> blood vessels in the in the paranasal regions. The hypothesis regarding
> the melanges is interesting.
>> I am only in my infancy in learning about brain functioning so I have
> many questions. I am curious if somehow the sensory homunculus is
> distorted in regards to the perceptions of certain kinds of head pain.
> (cerebral-parietal lobe postcentral gyrus in the primary sensory area)
>> Can someone help me with tracing this pain path? Does it begin in the
> Pterygopalatine ganglion of the maxillary division of V2 of the
> trigeminal nerve? Or does in originate in the mandibular division, or a
> combination of the two which lead to the trigeminal ganglion and
> sensory root? Does the trigeminothalamic tract convey the constriction
> pain impulses from the lingual/superior alveolar region to the ventral
> posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus? I get lost at this point.
> Does the Trigeminal fifth nerve take over?
>> Or is this all wrong and does it involve the Glossopharyngeal nerve?
> Details will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hope this goes through. AT&T responded with a resource error.
>> Shelia Cassidy-Feltgen
> PsyD Student
> University of Sarasota (FL)
