Pain affect without pain sensation in a patient with a postcentral lesion

M. Ploner, H. J. Freund, A. Schnitzler

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Abstract

We report findings from clinical examination and cutaneous laser stimulation in a 57-year-old male, who suffered from a right-sided postcentral stroke. In this patient, we were able to demonstrate (i) a dissociation of discriminative and affective components of pain perception and, for the first time in humans, (ii) the dependence of sensory-discriminative pain component and first pain sensation on the integrity of the lateral pain system. Copyright (C) 1999 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-214
Number of pages4
JournalPain
Volume81
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Pain perception
  • Somatosensory cortex

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