Education Session: the Neurophysiology of Pain.
Education Session: the Neurophysiology of Pain.
| How Acute Pain Originates in the Body |
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| Peripheral nerves, ascending pain pathways |
| The role of the thalamus, descending pain pathways |
| The somatosensory region |
| Pain processing (physical, emotional) and pain memory |
| The limbic system: (i) the fight or flight response; (ii) threat surveillance |
| How threat modifies sensation |
| The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis |
| Chronic activation of the limbic system |
| Pain and sensory amplification/sensitization |
| Brain imaging of modified pain processing in fibromyalgia (FM) |
| Brain imaging of modified pain networks in FM |
| Reduced endorphin receptors in fibromyalgia |
| Brain imaging comparing normal injury pain to FM |
| Hyperalgesia and allodynia |
| Recruitment |
| Neurochemical changes in central sensitization (CS) |
| Changes in the HPA axis in CS |
| Peripheral sensitization |
| Narcotic effects on pain in FM/CS |
| CS autonomic effects |
| CS motor effects |
| Chronic fatigue brain changes |
| Frontal brain and limbic system control |
| Neuroplasticity and recovery |