Evidence against pain specificity in the dorsal posterior insula [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

The search for a “pain centre” in the brain has long eluded neuroscientists.  Although many regions of the brain have been shown to respond to painful stimuli, all of these regions also respond to other types of salient stimuli. In a recent paper, Segerdahl et al. (Nature Neuroscience, 2015)  claims...

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Main Authors: Karen D. Davis, M. Catherine Bushnell, Gian Domenico Iannetti, Keith St. Lawrence, Robert Coghill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2015-07-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:http://f1000research.com/articles/4-362/v1