Cultural, clinical and physiological aspects of pain: a review.
A review is given of selected cultural, clinical and physiological issues pertaining to the human experience of pain. Special attention is devoted to the modern gate control theory of pain as it applies to the sensory pathways of the fifth cranial nerve; that is, facial pains and some of their associated symptoms and signs.
D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D010146:Pain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D010684:Philosophy; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000502:physiology