Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Pain Perception

Pain perception, or nociception followed by conscious appraisal, is the neural and psychological process by which noxious stimuli are detected, transmitted, and interpreted as pain. It begins with transduction at peripheral nociceptors, proceeds through transmission along A-delta and C fibers to the dorsal horn of t…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 25× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2688-5328 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Pain perception, or nociception followed by conscious appraisal, is the neural and psychological process by which noxious stimuli are detected, transmitted, and interpreted as pain. It begins with transduction at peripheral nociceptors, proceeds through transmission along A-delta and C fibers to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, ascends via spinothalamic and related pathways to the thalamus and cortex, and is shaped by descending modulatory systems and by attentional, emotional, and contextual factors. This explains why identical stimuli can be experienced differently, and why pain perception is plastic, susceptible to sensitization, learning, and synaptic reorganization. Research relevant to this topic examines how pain perception modulates synaptic and somatic plasticity in the dentate gyrus, the interplay of psychological and somatic dimensions of pain, variations in perception threshold in herpetic ophthalmic neuralgia, and analgesic strategies including endogenous opioid release through music. Related work considers pain in the setting of depression and cancer, and the broader affective consequences of chronic pain. The journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical and experimental research on the neurobiology, measurement, and modulation of pain perception, integrating mechanistic studies of central plasticity with clinical investigations of how pain is experienced and managed across diverse patient populations.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Pain between Psyche and Soma in Uro-Andrology

Pruneti CarloCorresponding author
Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychophysiology and Clinical Neuropsychology Labs., University of Parma, Italy.
Exact topic International Journal of Pain Management Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2688-5328.ijp-20-3386

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 25 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Pain Perception, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Pain Management (ISSN 2688-5328).

Journal editorial board
Maurizio Evangelista · Italy Anne Manyande · UNITED KINGDOM Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas · Greece

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