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allodynia [‚a·lə′dī·nē·ə] (medical) Painful response to a stimulus that does not normally elicit pain. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| of treating cold allodynia, a condition in which people with nerve
damage feel extreme pain from cool sensations, such as a breeze blowing
across the skin. (115) The end results
are hyperalgesia and allodynia via the potentiation of the pre-existing
synapse and an increase in the responsiveness of the postsynaptic cell
to afferent inputs of any type. Loss of the SPR-expressing spinal neurons
resulted in decreased thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia,
which are associated with chronic neuropathic and inflammatory pain
states. |
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