The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 239-246 , March 2010

Predictability of Painful Stimulation Modulates Subjective and Physiological Responses

  • Shunichi Oka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Shunichi Oka, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13, Kanda Surugadai Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.
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  • C. Richard Chapman

      Affiliations

    • Pain Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Barkhwa Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Osamu Shimizu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Noboru Noma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Diagnosis, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Osamu Takeichi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshiki Imamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Diagnosis, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshiyuki Oi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Received 8 July 2009 ,Revised 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 July 2009.

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 Support for this research came from the following grants: 1) Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research (No. 14657535); 2) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 16592026) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science Technology; and 3) the Sato Fund, Nihon University School of Dentistry(S. O., 2009).

PII: S1526-5900(09)00658-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.07.009

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 239-246 , March 2010

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