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There is increasing evidence that many neurotransmitter systems may be involved in pain appreciation including cholinergic agents, endorphins, biogenic amines and others (Mayer and Price, 1976). This suggests that there are multiple mediators of pain appreciation, each involving a possibly distinct neural pathway. Event related potentials may offer a means of separating distinct pain modulation processes in phamacological experiments in man.
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Buchsbaum, M.S., Davis, G.C. (1979). Application of Somatosensory Event Related Potentials to Experimental Pain and the Pharmacology of Analgesia. In: Lehmann, D., Callaway, E. (eds) Human Evoked Potentials. NATO Conference Series, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3483-5_4
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