Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2015; 21(1): 47-59
Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.47
Figure 1
Figure 1 Summarizes the views presented above regarding the mechanisms underlying pain. This figure illustrates the concept of spread of altered central pain processing (progression marked via letters) following ongoing nociceptive input due to tissue and nerve damage (progression marked by numbers). This figure is based on the original figure of ref[18]. CPM: Conditioned pain modulation.