Drop homotopic effects of masseter-muscle pain on somatosensory sensitivity in healthy participants

Abstract Current pain classifications use 1.0-kg palpation of the masseter muscle to distinguish between “pain patients” and “healthy controls” but a thorough understanding of the normal physiological responses to various somatosensory stimuli is lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate som...

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Main Authors: Hidetoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Iida, Mika Honda-Sakaki, Manabu Masuda, Peter Svensson, Osamu Komiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89937-3