TY - JOUR
T1 - Pain, cortex, and consciousness
AU - Devor, Marshall
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Painful stimuli evoke functional activations in the cortex, but electrical stimulation of these areas does not evoke pain sensation, nor does widespread epileptic discharge. Likewise, cortical lesions do not eliminate pain sensation. Although the cortex may contribute to pain modulation, the planning of escape responses, and learning, the network activity that constitutes the actual experience of pain probably occurs subcortically.
AB - Painful stimuli evoke functional activations in the cortex, but electrical stimulation of these areas does not evoke pain sensation, nor does widespread epileptic discharge. Likewise, cortical lesions do not eliminate pain sensation. Although the cortex may contribute to pain modulation, the planning of escape responses, and learning, the network activity that constitutes the actual experience of pain probably occurs subcortically.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247874759&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X07000970
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X07000970
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AN - SCOPUS:34247874759
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 30
SP - 89
EP - 90
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 1
ER -