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Central sensitization and pain hypersensitivity: Some critical considerations.

Author(s) -

Emanuel N. van den Broeke

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

f1000research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.099

H-Index - 60

ISSN - 2046-1402

DOI - 10.12688/f1000research.15956.2

Subject(s) - central sensitization , sensitization , medicine , central pain , neuroscience , immunology , psychology , anesthesia , nociception , receptor

Since its discovery, central sensitization has gained enormous popularity. It is widely used to explain pain hypersensitivity in a wide range of clinical pain conditions. However, at present there is no general consensus on the definition of central sensitization. Moreover, the use of the term central sensitization in the clinical domain has been criticized. The aim of this paper is to foster the discussion on the definition of central sensitization and its use.

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