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SUBMITTER: Wunderlich AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3106353 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wunderlich Arthur P AP Klug Roland R Stuber Gregor G Landwehrmeyer Bernhard B Weber Frank F Freund Wolfgang W
The open neuroimaging journal 20110118
Pain modulation is an integral function of the nervous system. It is needed to adapt to chronic stimuli. To gain insights into pain suppression mechanisms, two studies concerning the suppression of the feeling of pain with different stimulation modalities (heat vs. electrical stimuli) but using the same stimulation paradigms were compared: 15 subjects each had been stimulated on both hands under the instruction to suppress the feeling of pain. Anterior insula and DLPFC activation was seen in bot ...[more]