Evidence for a central component of post-injury pain hypersensitivity

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Summary

An animal model is developed where changes occur in the threshold and responsiveness of the flexor reflex following peripheral injury that are analogous to the sensory changes found in man, and shows that it in part arises from changes in the activity of the spinal cord.

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article
Published
1983-12-15
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Nociceptor, Stimulus (psychology), Noxious stimulus, Reflex, Medicine

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