The sensory and affective components of pain

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1997; 20: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 439.

Abstract: Both the sensory and the motivational-affective component of pain must be taken into account in studies on sex differences as well as on neuropathic, postoperative, sympathetic, and visceral pain. In all these cases, therapeutic strategies should be aimed at controlling the peripheral, central, and psychological mechanisms underlying the global pain experience. Similarly, it should be recalled that some neuropeptides act on both sensory and affective pain mechanisms.

Note: Editorial Benedetti F, Univ Turin, Sch Med, Dept Neurosci, I-10125 Turin, ITALY

Keyword(s): SYMPATHETICALLY MAINTAINED PAIN; PLACEBO ANALGESIA; ANTAGONIST; PROGLUMIDE; BLOCK

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