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Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 64-71 , 15 December 2007

The context of a noxious stimulus affects the pain it evokes

  • G. Lorimer Moseley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics & fMRIB Centre, Le Gros Clark Building, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1865 282658; fax: +44 1865 282656.
    • ,
  • Arnoud Arntz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical, Clinical & Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Received 1 August 2006 ,Revised 14 February 2007 ,Accepted 5 March 2007.

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PII: S0304-3959(07)00115-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.03.002

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