Facets and mechanisms of adaptive pain behavior: predictive regulation and action

Neural mechanisms underlying nociception and pain perception are considered to serve the ultimate goal of limiting tissue damage. However, since pain usually occurs in complex environments and situations that call for elaborate control over behavior, simple avoidance is insufficient to explain a ra...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Main Author:	India eMorrison
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Subjects:	Allostasis Nociception Pain action Sensorimotor transformation Pain behavior
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00755/full