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Pain neuroscience

proposal by Melzack that pain is an output of a widely distributed, genetically shaped brain network whose characteristic pattern can be triggered by input or generated on its own.

In pain neuroscience, neuromatrix theory of pain refers to proposal by Melzack that pain is an output of a widely distributed, genetically shaped brain network whose characteristic pattern can be triggered by input or generated on its own. This meaning comes from Melzack (1999) in Pain.[1]

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  1. Melzack, R. (1999). From the gate to the neuromatrix. Pain, 82(Supplement 1), S121-S126. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(99)00145-1

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