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- Title
Rozsiany system nocycepcji fizjologicznym podłożem odczuwania bólu u ludzi.
- Authors
Adamczyk, Wacław M.; Skalski, Jacek; Nowak, Daria; Jakubińska, Marta; Kruszyna, Natalia; Budzisz, Aleksandra; Szikszay, Tibor M.; Nastaj, Jakub
- Abstract
The human nociceptive system is a complex sensory system that encompasses the peripheral, spinal and supraspinal parts of the nervous system. The article presented here focuses on a critique of the serial model, which is commonly used to discuss the nociceptive system. The serial model proposes a hierarchical structure, where information is conducted from the nociceptor through the dorsal horns of the spinal cord to the higher areas of the central nervous system. A disturbance of the system at one of its lower levels should result in disruption of the integration of nociceptive information by higher neural centers. However, this model seems to obscure the actual principles by which the nociceptive system processes information (Coghill, 2020) and is only vaguely reflected in the results of animal and human studies. The simplification of the nociceptive system – common in polish textbooks – may lead to a limited understanding of the mechanisms of pain sensation and the utilization of ineffective therapeutic interventions. In this article, the nociceptive system is discussed in terms of recently proposed distributed (parallel) model. The nociceptive system should not be simplified. Its complexity argues for the use of complex therapeutic approaches.
- Subjects
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL models; THEORY; NOCICEPTIVE pain; PAIN management
- Publication
Pain Research / Ból, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 3, p9
- ISSN
1640-324X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5604/01.3001.0053.9493