Endogenous Pain Modulation Induced by Extrinsic and Intrinsic Psychological Threat in Healthy Individuals
• Observing pain in another induces endogenous analgesia.• Threat of pain to oneself also initiates endogenous analgesia.• Endogenous analgesia was observed in the absence of any somatosensory afferent input.• Intrinsic/extrinsic threat cues may be important in noxious CPM paradigms.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: William Gibson, Penny Moss, Tak Ho Cheng, Alexandre Garnier, Anthony Wright, Benedict M. Wand Tags: Original Report Source Type: research