Abstract The current International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) definition of pain
as “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential …

Background and objective Procedural pain in neonates has been a concern in the last two
decades. The purpose of this review was to provide a critical appraisal and a synthesis of …

A broad range of evidence regarding the functional organization of the vertebrate brain–
spanning from comparative neurology to experimental psychology and neurophysiology to …

This paper proposes that human expression of pain in the presence or absence of
caregivers, and the detection of pain by observers, arises from evolved propensities. The …

Self-destructive behavior in current society promotes a search for psychobiological factors
underlying this epidemic. Perinatal brain plasticity increases the vulnerability to early …

To study the patterns of supraspinal pain processing in neonates, we hypothesized that
acute pain causes haemodynamic changes associated with activation of the primary …

The current IASP definition of pain has come under renewed criticisms recently. There is a
new momentum for its revision as reflected by the fact that IASP has now a Presidential Task …

Recent advances in neurobiology and clinical medicine have established that the fetus and
newborn may experience acute, established, and chronic pain. They respond to such …

The official definition of 'pain'by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
hasn't seen much revision since its publication in 1979. There have been various criticisms …

Pain in the developing fetus is controversial because of the difficulty in measuring and
interpreting pain during gestation. It has received increased attention lately because of …