[tri-med] Re: FYI - Brain Study Examines How People Feel Pain

i think there is a connection between the high pain tolerance and the lack
of appetite...thalmus and hypothalmus (sp???)????
very interesting, thanks karen.
jude, mom to derek-17, kelsey-15
and kameron-6-full t18
golden, colorado usa
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen" <karens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>       In particular, they found increased activity in the primary
somatosensory cortex, which deals with pain location and intensity, and the
anterior cingulate cortex, which handles unpleasant feelings caused by pain.
>
>       But they found little difference between people in the activity of
the thalamus, which helps transmit pain signals from the spinal cord to
brain regions.
>
>       That may indicate that incoming pain signals are being delivered by
the spinal cord in a similar way for different people, but once they arrive
in the brain they are handled differently.

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