NBSS: (neuroscience) Pain: an integrated approach from neuroscience, to psychology and social science Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two ascending pathways?
A
Spinothalamic:
Discriminative aspect
of nociception.
Fast pain
Spinoreticular:
Responsible for arousal
and affective (unpleasantness)
aspects. Dull pain
2
Q
what are the 3 components of pain
A
sensory-discriminative = sense of intensity location and duration
affective-motivational = unpleasantness and desire to escape it
cognitive component = involving judgments, beliefs, memories, perception of environment and patient’s own history
3
Q
What are the mechanisms involved
in pain hypersensitivity?
A
