Modeling the daily rhythm of human pain processing in the dorsal horn.
Experimental studies show that human pain sensitivity varies across the 24-hour day, with the lowest sensitivity usually occurring during the afternoon. Patients suffering from neuropathic pain, or nerve damage, experience an inversion in the daily modulation of pain sensitivity, with the highest se...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007106 |