Towards a physiology-based measure of pain: patterns of human brain activity distinguish painful from non-painful thermal stimulation.

Pain often exists in the absence of observable injury; therefore, the gold standard for pain assessment has long been self-report. Because the inability to verbally communicate can prevent effective pain management, research efforts have focused on the development of a tool that accurately assesses...

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Main Authors: Justin E Brown, Neil Chatterjee, Jarred Younger, Sean Mackey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3172232?pdf=render