Open AccessDouble-Blind Acupuncture Needle: A Potential Tool to Investigate the Nature of Pain and Pleasure
Author(s) -
Nobuari Takakura,
Miho Takayama,
Akiko Kawase,
Ted J. Kaptchuk,
Hiroyoshi Yajima
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
isrn pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2314-4718
DOI - 10.1155/2013/825751
Subject(s) - pleasure , acupuncture , pain and pleasure , psychology , medicine , physical therapy , aesthetics , psychotherapist , alternative medicine , art , pathology
Most of our knowledge about similarities in the neural processing of painful and pleasant sensations in the brain derives from studying each phenomenon separately. Patients often feel pain induced by acupuncture, which is noxious stimulation having the symbolic message of the cure, as pleasant.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom