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Prepulses Reduce the Pain of Cutaneous Electrical Shocks

Terry D. Blumenthal, PhD, Traverse T. Burnett and Charles D. Swerdlow, MD

From the Department of Psychology (T.D.B., T.T.B.), Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Cedars Sinai Medical Center (C.D.S.), Los Angeles, California.



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Fig. 1. Relative pain ratings (mean and SEM) as a function of prepulse condition by pain threshold group. Inset, Relative pain ratings as a function of prepulse condition for all subjects.

 


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Fig. 2 Relative pain ratings (mean and SEM) as a function of prepulse condition by trial block.

 


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Fig. 3. Relative pain ratings (mean and SEM) as a function of prepulse condition in the first trial block.

 





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