Research Summaries
Pain in the Little Brain, 
by Dr. Carl Y. Saab Ph.D.
People of the Acid: Acidosis and Pain
How Pain Nerve Cells Act When They Are In Pain
Guessing at the Cause of Central Pain

Information on Research
Pain Researchers
The Heroes of Central Pain*
Online Articles About Pain Research
Table of Central Pain Qualities

Treating the Central Pain Patient
Challenges of Helping the Central Pain Patient
The Enormity of Central Pain
S. Weir Mitchell: Nerve Pain Pioneer

Miscellaneous
Links on Central Pain*
Articles and Abstracts on Central Pain
Introduction to Central Pain
5-Minute History of Pain Relief
Von Frey Hairs updated 2/11/03
The Enormity of Central Pain
Life Without a Thalamus
Descriptions of Central Pain*

Clinical Aspects of Central Pain
Bowsher's Criteria: The Key to Diagnosis
Dimensions and Definition of Central Pain
Introduction to Nerve Injury Pain
Table of Central Pain Qualities
Who Gets Central Pain
The Mnemonic of Central Pain

• Muscle Pain: Gamma Pain
• Dysesthesia: "Indescribable" Pain from Nerve Injury
• Hyperpathia: Increase in Response to Painful Stimuli
• Allodynia: "Other Pain"
• Shooting Pain: Lancinating Pain
• Circulatory: Pain That Mimics Circulatory Pain, "Pins and Needles"
• Peristalic or Visceral Pain: Central Pain in the Hollow Organs

Common Errors in Evaluating Allodynia

Archive
What Causes Central Pain?
This information is superceded by
Guessing at the Cause of Central Pain