Index

A

abdominal pain 1

active coping 1

acupuncture 1

acute pain, definition 1

addiction 1

adrenalin 1

affect 1

affect, motivation, and pain 1

affective dimension 1

allodynia 1 2

Allostasis 1 2

allostasis 1

allostatic load 1 2

AMA 1

American Psychiatric Association 1

amygdala 1 2

anchoring 1

anger and chronic pain 1

animal models 1

animal models in pain research 1

ANS 1

anterior cingulate cortex 1

anterior cingulate cortex and hypnotism 1

anxiety and chronic pain 1

arm and shoulder pain 1

ascending projection neurons 1 2

ascending spinal tracts 1

associative opioid tolerance 1

astrocytes 1 2

attention 1

attention and pain perception 1

Attribution 1

autonomic effects of pain 1

autonomic nervous system 1 2 3 4

B

basal ganglia 1

behaviorism 1

beliefs about pain 1

beta-endorphins 1

biologic functions of the descending modulatory system 1

BJW 1

black box 1

Blinding 1

Bradley Commission on Veterans' Pensions 1

Bradley Commission on Veterans' Pensions 1

brain changes from chronic pain 1

brain changes in chronic pain 1

brain imaging 1

brain stem 1

C

cancer pain 1

cancer pain, mechanisms 1

case control study 1

catechol O-methyltransferase 1

catecholamine nuclei 1 2

causalgia 1

cause of illness and suffering 1

CCK 1 2

Central pain 1

central reaction of chronic pain patients versus non-patients 1

central sensitization 1 2 3

central sensitzation and inflammation 1

chemical changes accompanying chronic pain 1

chemical changes accompanying chronicity

childhood abuse and chronic pain 1

Chronic Fatigure Syndrome 1

chronic pain and emotional distress 1

chronic pain and mental function 1

chronic pain and motivation 1

chronic pain and past trauma 1

chronic pain and reward 1

chronic pain as homeostasis 1

chronic pain as learning 1

chronic pain as memory 1

chronic pain increases sensitivity to pain

chronic pain, definition 1

chronic pain, effects over time 1

chronic widespread pain, prevalence of 1

Cinderella units 1

cingulate cortex 1

clinical significance 1

clinical trials 1

co-morbidities 1

cognitive dissonance 1

cognitive functioning and chronic pain 1

cognitive misers 1 2

cognitive-behavioral therapy 1

cohort study 1

cold pressor test 1

compensation and litigation and pain 1

complex regional pain syndrome 1

complexity and provability 1

COMT 1

conditioned analgesia 1

Conditioned pain modulation 1

conditioned pain modulation 1

conditioned stress-induced analgesia 1

confirmation bias 1

confounders 1

connective tissue 1

Construct validity 1

Content validity 1

conversion disorder 1 2

correlation and causality 1

cortical reorganization 1

cortical reorganization due to chronic pain 1

cortisol 1 2

cost of arthritis 1

cost of back pain 1

cost of headache 1

cost of pain 1

counter-irritation 1

counter-stimulation 1 2 3

counterirritation 1

CPM 1 2

cranial nerves 1

criteria in pain research 1

crossed extensor reflex 1

CRPS 1

cultural beliefs 1 2

cultural pain 1 2

cut nerves as therapy 1

cut nerves, results of 1

cytokines 1

D

damage to connective tissue 1

deception in representing pain severity 1

deep tissue injury 1

deep tissue pains 1

depression and chronic pain 1

descending pain modulation 1

descending projection neurons 1

deserving and undeserving pain sufferers 1

development of chronicity 1

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 1

diencephalon 1

diffuse noxious inhibitory control 1

dimensions of pain 1

disabling pain 1

disproportionate pain 1

distraction 1

diversity of neurons 1

DNIC 1 2

dopamine 1

dopamine levels and chronic pain 1

dorsal root ganglia 1 2

dorsal root ganglion 1

Dr. Jack Kevorkian 1

Dr. John Bonica 1

Dr. John Kitzhaber 1

Dr. Stephen Brena 1

Dr. Stratton Hill 1

Dr. William Hurwitz 1

dynorphins 1

E

ecological study 1

Electroencephalography 1

electromyography in pain assessment 1

elevate endogenous opioids in chronic pain conditions

elevated endogenous opioids in chronic pain conditions 1

emergent behavior 1

encouraged pain limit 1

endocrine system 1

endogenous opiates 1

endogenous opiates in pain processing 1

enkephalins 1

epidemiology 1

Epinephrine 1

epinephrine 1 2 3

episodic analgesia 1

episodic chronic pain 1

expectation 1

experimental control 1

explanatory trials 1

explanatory value 1

F

Face validity 1

Facial Action Coding System 1

facial expression of pain 1

Fatigue 1

fibromyalgia 1

fibromyalgia and glutamate levels 1

fibromyalgia and glutamte levels

fibromyalgia syndrome 1

Fibromyalgia Syndrome 1

fibromyalgia syndrome, and American College of Rheumatology 1

fibromyalgia syndrome, diagnosis and treatment 1

fibromyalgia, prevalence of 1

flexor reflex 1

fMRI, spatial resolution of 1

fMRI, temporal resolution of 1

FMS 1

functional abdominal pain 1

Functional magnetic resonance imaging 1

functional magnetic resonance imaging 1

functional testing and pain 1

fuzzy 1

G

gate-control model 1

gate-control theory 1

genetic predisposition to headache 1

Golgi tendon reflex 1

H

habituation 1

headaches 1

health-related phobia 1

health-related quality of life 1

Henry Albronda 1

hip pain 1

hippocampus 1 2

Homeostasis 1 2

homeostatic mechanisms in the nervous system 1

hot-plate test 1

how pain affects the brain 1

hydrocortisone 1

hypnosis and pain 1

hypochondria 1

hypothalamus 1

hypotheses and definitions 1

hysterical paralysis 1

I

IC 1 2 3

illness and moral failure 1

illness response 1 2

inflammation and illness 1

inflammatory cascade 1

input to the PAG 1

insular cortex 1 2 3

International Association for the Study of Pain 1 2

interneurons 1 2

interoception 1

interpretation errors 1

introspection 1

invidious 1

irritable bowel syndrome 1

Isotropy 1

J

John Ashcroft 1

joint pain 1 2

joints 1

K

Karl Marx 1

Keith Wailoo 1 2

knee and foot pain 1

L

laminae of Rexed 1 2

laterality of pain 1

Learned Hand 1

learned helplessness 1

limbic system 1 2

long-term potentiation 1

low back pain and posture 1

lower back pain 1

lower back pain, costs 1

lower back pain, incidence 1

M

magnetoencephalograpy 1

major depressive disorder 1

malingering 1

mass discharge 1

measuring brain activity 1

measuring pain intensity 1

medical subjectivity 1

Michael Schermer 1

microglia 1 2

Microglia 1

mind-body dualism 1

Mindfulness Meditation 1

mood disorder 1

motivated cognition 1

motor cortex 1

muscle cramp reflex 1

muscle stretch reflex 1

musculoskeletal pain, definition 1

myofascial pain 1

myofascial pain syndrome 1

myofascial pain, diagnosis and treatment 1

myofascial pain, prevalence of 1

myofascial pain, uneven medical acceptance of 1

N

N-Acetylaspartate 1

NAA 1

NAc 1

natural history 1

nerve growth factor 1

neuralgia 1

neuromas 1

neuropathic pain 1

neuropathy, co-morbidities of 1

neuropathy, mechanisms of 1

neuropathy, painful types of 1

neuropathy, physiology of 1

neuropathy, treatment of 1

neurotransmitters in central nervous system pain processing 1

nocebo 1

nociceptive-specific 1

nociceptor 1

non-dermatomal sensory abnormalities 1

non-habituation to pain 1

non-scientific theories of pain 1

noradrenergic neurons 1

norepinephrine 1 2 3 4 5

normative 1

Normative 1

NSAIDs and collagen damage 1

nucleus accumbens 1

numerical rating scale 1

O

objective evidence 1

OFF-cells 1

ON-cells 1

onditioned pain modulation 1

operational definition 1

order of activation of areas of the pain network 1

osteoarthritic inflammation 1

osteoarthritis 1

Other self-report measure of pain 1

overestimation of physical limitations 1

P

PAG 1

Page v. Celebrezze 1

pain affect 1

pain and anxiety 1

pain and cheating 1 2

pain and disability 1

pain and free will 1 2

pain and masochism 1

pain and memory 1

pain and personal responsibility 1 2

pain and psychosomatic illness 1

pain and repression 1

pain and responsibility 1

pain and stress 1

pain as a social concern 1

pain as subjective 1

pain asymbolia 1

Pain behavior 1

pain behaviors to measure pain 1

pain disorder 1 2

pain intensity 1

pain matrix 1

pain measurement and neuroimaging 1

pain network 1 2

pain of the mouth or face 1

pain of the mouth or face, contraception, and hormone replacement therapy 1

pain perception threshold 1

pain prevalence by body area 1

pain thresholds 1

pain tolerance threshold 1

pain without injury 1

pain, cooperation, and competition 1

pain-prone personality 1

PainDETECT 1

parabrachial nucleus 1 2

parasympathetic nervous system 1

patternicity 1

PB 1 2

periaqueductal gray 1 2

perverse incentives and disability 1

PET, temporal resolution of 1

PFC 1

Phantom limb pain 1

phantom limb pain 1

physical dependence 1

physician-assisted suicide 1

physiological research in humans 1

physiological research, overview of techniques 1

physiology of chronic pain 1

piloerection 1

pituitary 1

pituitary gland 1

placebo analgesia 1

placebo effect 1

placebo responders 1

Polaski v. Heckler 1

positron emission tomography 1 2

post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain 1

posterior cingulate cortex 1

power law 1

practical issues in pain research 1

pragmatic trials 1

prefrontal cortex 1

premotor cortex 1

presynaptic inhibition 1

prevalence of abdominal pain 1

prevalence of arm and shoulder pain 1

prevalence of cancer pain 1

prevalence of headaches 1

prevalence of hip pain 1

prevalence of knee and foot pain 1

prevalence of psychological conditions among chronic pain patients 1

preventing bias in experiments 1

primary hyperalgesia 1

primary somatosensory cortex 1 2 4

projection neurons 1

Propriospinal cells 1

prostaglandins 1

proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy 1

psychogenic pain 1 2

psychogenic pain in the DSM 1 2 3

psychological and behavioral pain research 1

psychosocial measures in pain research 1

psychosomatic backaches 1

Q

qualities of pain 1 3

quality-adjusted life years 1

questionnaires in pain research 1

R

racial pain 1

radiating pain 1

Ratio scale data 1

reduction in gray matter with chronic pain 1

referred pain 1 2 3

regression to the mean 1

Rene Descartes 1

represeed rage 1

responsibility for costs of pain 1

reticular formation 1

rewards of illness 1

Riley-Day syndrome 1

rostral ventromedial medulla 1

RVM, inputs to 1

RVM, outputs from 1

S

S1 2 3

scientific models 1

scratch reflex 1

secondary gain 1 2

secondary punctate hyperalgesia 1

secondary sensitization 1

secondary somatosensory cortex 1 2

selection bias 1

self-report measures of pain 1

serotonin 1

shock cage 1

short-term memory 1

sickness behavior 1

sickness behavior and pain 1

sickness response 1

simple neural circuits 1

sleep and chronic pain 1

sleep-onset insomnia 1

smoking and chronic pain 1

social Darwinism 1

social learning about pain 1

Social Security Disability Insurance 1 2

Social Security Disability Insurance and Ronald Reagan 1

Social Security Ruling 82-58 1

somatic nervous system 1

somatization 1 2

somatoform disorder 1

somatoformpain disorder 1

somatosensory cortex 1

somatotopic organization of the nervous system 1

specificity theory of pain 1

spinal cord, functions of 1

spinal nerves 1

spinothalamic tract 1 2

SRD 1

standard model of pain 1

state medical boards 1

statistically significant 1

Stephen Brena 1

steroids and collagen damage 1

stress 1

stress and pain 1

stress response 1 2

stress-induced analgesia 1 2

stroking hyperalgesia 1

STT 1

Studying the brain 1

sub-acute pain, definition 1

subnucleus reticularis dorsalis 1

substance dependence and chronic pain 1

suicide and chronic pain 1

sympathetic activity and hyperalgesia 1

sympathetic activity and pain 1

sympathetic chain 1

sympathetic nervous system 1 2

sympathetic tone 1

sympathetically-maintained pain 1

Synaptic strength 1

synovial joints 1

T

tail-flick test 1

TENS 1

Texas Intractable Care Treatment Act 1

the brain 1

the brain stem in pain perception 1

the healthfulness assumption 1

the intentionality assumption 1

the nature of science 1

the psychology of understanding pain 1

The Silent Scream 1

the Visual Analog Scale 1

threshold of sensation 1

tolerance 1

tracts 1

transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 1

trepanation 1

trigeminal nerve 1

trigeminal neuralgia 1

trigger point 1

Type A pain 1

Type C pain 1

Type H pain 1

types of pain 1

V

vagus nerve 1 2

Validity 1

very slow pain 1

Veterans' Administration 1

visual analog scale 1

Von-Frey filaments 1

W

Waddell's signs 1

wind-up 1

Withdrawal responses 1