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The relationship of perceived pain to afferent nerve impulses

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The relationship of perceived pain to afferent nerve impulses, by Patrick Wall and SB McMahon, 254–255
journal
Trends in Neurosciences
year
1986
volume
9
pages
254–255

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The labeling of nociceptors as pain fibers was not an admirable simplification, but an unfortunate trivialization under the guise of simplification.

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