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. 2013 Jul;17(7):309-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.05.001. Epub 2013 Jun 5.

A brain signature for acute pain

A Vania Apkarian  1
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A brain signature for acute pain

A Vania Apkarian. Trends Cogn Sci. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Wager and colleagues developed a functional MRI-based spatial and magnitude pattern for perception of acute pain, which seems to generalize across many task conditions and subjects. This is a strong demonstration of the existence of a pain signature and raises important questions regarding what pain and perception are.

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