What to call the amplification of nociceptive signals in the central nervous system that contribute to widespread pain?

Pain. 2014 Oct;155(10):1911-1912. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.07.021. Epub 2014 Jul 30.

Author

Clifford J Woolf¹

Affiliation

¹ FM Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 25083929
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.07.021

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Animals
Central Nervous System Sensitization / physiology*
Humans
Neurons, Afferent / physiology*
Nociceptors / physiology*
Pain / physiopathology*