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LECTURE 5- sensory receptors , pain science Flashcards

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How many neurons pathways are there to the somatosensory cortex

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3

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what is the 1st order neuron

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info from the sensory receptors to SC or BS

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what is the 2nd order neuron

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info betweeen SC or brain stem to thalamus

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what is the 3rd order neuron

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info from the thalamus to cerebral cortex

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what is a receptor

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converts stimulate energy into AP

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what determines the type of receptors that are activated and pattern of signal transmission

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stimulus

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what is somatic senses

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tactile, thermal pain , proprioception

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what is visceral senses

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conditions within internal organs

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what are specialized senses

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smell, taste, vision, hearing , balance and equilibrium

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where are exteroceptor and what do they detect

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at or near the body surface and detect external stimuli

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where are interoceptors and what do they react to

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deep and react to stimuli coming form internal body. organs (BH, blood pH)

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examples of chemoreceptors

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smell and taste

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example of mechanoreceptors

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touch
pressure
stretch
vitbratoin

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what does each type of receptor have that are sensitive to stimuli that either damage or have potential to damage tissue

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nociceptors

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what are nociceptors

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register pain

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where are proprioceptors found

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muscles , tendons , ligaments

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what does tonic receptors detect and how do they adapt and how do they respond

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detect object pressure and form
slow adapting
respond continuously as long as stimulus is present

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what does phasic receptors adapt to , how do they adapt and what do they detect

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adapte to continuous stimulus and then stop responding even if stimulus is present
fast adapting
detect motion, vibration , rate of change

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what is the order of the peripheral sensory axons / afferents of decreasing diameter

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la, lb, ll, lll, lV

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where is there greater density of receptors

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in distal body regions

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what is considered to be superficial cutaneous receptors

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meisners corpuscles (light touch , vibration)
merkel’s disk (pressure

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what is in the subcutaneous cutaneous receptors

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pacinian courpuscle
ruffinis ending

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what are the 3 components of the sensory system

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stimulus , receptors, conduction

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what are the 4 attributes to condution

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modality , location , intensity, duration

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where are the 3 levels in the somatosensory system where signal processing for integration occur

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receptor level
circuit level
perceptual leve

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what is the speed of information processing determined by

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axon diameter
amount of axon myelination
# of synapses in pathway

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what is released when the AP goes above threshold

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neurotransmitters

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what circuit level processing is when synapses can spread action potentials to several areas of CNS

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divergence

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what is the convergence circuit level processing

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synapses focus action potentials from several sensory neurons onto 1 narrowed area of CNS

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what is perceptual level processing

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sensory nerve tracts carry impulses to respective region of brain

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What is a dermatome

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skin area that is related to 1 spinal level

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what is distal latency

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time form stim to distal recording site

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what is the pathology of peripheral nerve

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neuropathy

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34
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what does nerve compression impact first and last

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first - large myelinated axions and smaller nociceptive thermal and autonomic axons last

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what can cause sensory ataxia

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peripheral sensory nerves , dorsal roots, dorsal columns of SC or medial lemnisci

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patients with _____ axatia will have similar motor performance eyes open/closed

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cerebellar

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37
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what will be intact with cerebellar ataxia and impaired with sensory ataxia

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proprioception/kinesthesia

38
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what is a painful skin rash with blisters following a dermatome pattern

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shingles/ herpes zoster

39
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what is treatment for varicella zoster

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antiviral drugs within 72 hours post onset

40
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what are free nerve endings that respond to noxious stimuli

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nociceptors

41
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where are nociceptors located

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skin, muscle joints

42
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what is the malfunction of neural pain regulating processes causes pain without the presence of tissue injury

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non- nociceptive pain

43
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what central processing areas are active during perception of pain

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cingulate and insular

44
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enkephalins , dynorphin , and b- endorphins are examples of what

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endorphins

45
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what brain regions have opiate receptors that bind with both endorphins and opiates

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rostral ventromedial medulla
periaquedcutal gray in midbrain
locus coeruleus in pons

46
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what are the inhibitory neurons in the SC of endogenous opioids

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enkephalin and dynorphin

47
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what type of fibers are nocicpetive and non- nocicpetive

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C and AB

48
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what theory is the activation of non- nociceptive sensory neurons close a “gate” for central trasnmission of nociceptive signals

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gate control theory

49
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what does periphery pain inhibition do

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decrease synthesis of prostaglandins

50
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what does the dorsal horn release for pain inhibition

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enkeohalin or dynorphin

51
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what type of pain can MSK injury’s trigger

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fast and slow pain

52
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what is pain that is perceived as coming from site distinctly different from actual OG site

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referred pain

53
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referred pain is usually referred from _____ tissues to ___

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visceral to skin

54
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what is primary pain

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neural dysfunction that creates pain without evidence of tissue damnage

55
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• Fibromyalgia
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Chronic nonspecific low back pain
migraine HA’s

are examples of

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primary pain

56
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what is secondary pain

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initially a symptom of another medical condition

57
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what is secondary pain caused by

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  1. continuous stimulation for ncicopetors from tissue injury
  2. continued signaling after tissue has healed
  3. damage to somatosensory system
58
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where does the central sensitization impact neurons?

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through CNS
dorsal horn, BS , thalamus , cerebral cortex

59
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what causes cellular changes including gene alterations and structural change in central sensitization

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glutamate and neuropeptides

60
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what is abnormal sensation that is painless with no nociceptors stimulation

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parasthesia

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what type of sensation do u get with parasthesia

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tingling

62
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what is pain that arises as a direct result of a lesion or disease that affects the somatosensory system

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neuropathic pain

63
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in neuropathic pain , central sensitization is characterized by

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dysesthesias

64
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what is dysesthesias

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unpleasant sensation that can occur on its own or with stimulation

65
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what does dysesthesias feel like

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burning shooting or electrical sensation like hitting funny bone

66
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what i so ain’t hat is caused by something that normally wouldn’t cause pain

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allodynia

67
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what are the 4 types of dysesthesias

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allodynia
hyperalgesia
spontaneous pain
temporal summation

68
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what is primary. hyperalgesia

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stimuli that are normally mildly painful in injured tissue are causing excessive sensitivity

69
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what is secondary hyperalgesia

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pain spreads to uninjured areas close to injury site

70
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what is pain unrealted to external stimulus

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spontaneous pain

71
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what is increased pain due to repeated stimulus or continued prescience of single stimulus

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temporal summation

72
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what disorder is it when people have tenderness and stiffness of muscle and neighboring tissues and achy pain

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fibromyalgia

73
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people with FM have sig less gray matter density where

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medial frontal cortex, mid cingulate cortex, and insular cortex

74
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is complex regional pina syndrome related to peripheral nerve or spinal never root distribution

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none of

75
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complex regional pain syndrome is regional typically worse in

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unilateral distal limb

76
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what is complex regional pain syndrome trigggerd by

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abnormal response to trauma

77
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what is early stage of complex regional pain syndrome

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res or pale skin
a lot of sweating
edema
skin atrophy

78
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Raised levels of neurochemicals that produce peripheral neurogenic inflammation is the pathology for what

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complex regional pain syndrome

79
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complex regional pain syndrome is central sensitization with structural and function changes of

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• Thalamus
• Somatosensory cortex - reduction of hand or foot cortical maps
• Cingulate cortex
• Hippocampus
• Amygdala

80
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what are locations that are outside of the nociceptor or soma that trigger action potentials

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ectopic foci

81
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what is also called cross talk

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ephaptic transmission

82
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what is lack of insulation due to demyelination allows an action potential in 1 neuron to cause an action potential in another neuron

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ephaptic transmissions

83
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small fiber neuropathy is seen in ppl with

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post herpetic neuralgia
diabetic neuropathy
guillain barre syndrome

84
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what pain is Caused by lesion to CNS, localized to area of body deafferented by the lesion

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central pain

85
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what is the great wall of fire

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burning shooting aching freezing tingling pain

86
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what pain is due to absence of sensory inputs causing neurons in central nociceptive pathways to be overly active

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phantom limb pain

87
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what are the “3 D’s” of chronic pain

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distress
disuse
disability

88
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what is the difference from phantom limb sensations and residual limb pain

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phantom limb sensation is pain to limb that is not there anymore where as residual limb pain is pain where the amputation occurs

89
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where does central pain come form post SC

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coming from thalamus

90
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where does central pain come form post stroke

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thalamus affecting the contralateral body

91
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where is the central pain for multiple sclerosis

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the body part that is affected by the lesion location

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