Pleasant Pain Relief and Inhibitory Conditioned Pain Modulation: A Psychophysical Study

Background. Inhibitory conditioned pain modulation (ICPM) is one of the principal endogenous pain inhibition mechanisms and is triggered by strong nociceptive stimuli. Recently, it has been shown that feelings of pleasantness are experienced after the interruption of noxious stimuli. Given that plea...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Bitar, Serge Marchand, Stéphane Potvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1935056