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Pain, temperature, and the sense of the body

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Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex

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This essay discusses new evidence supporting the concept that the distinct sensibilities for pain and temperature are based in part on specific ‘labeled lines’ that interact centrally as components of an ascending projection system subserving homeostasis and the generalized sense of the condition of the body itself (common sensation, or “Gemeingefühl”).

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  3. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, S-17176, Stockholm, Sweden

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Craig, A.D.B. (1996). Pain, temperature, and the sense of the body. In: Franzén, O., Johansson, R., Terenius, L. (eds) Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9016-8_3

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