The Pathway for Pain That Results in the Experience of Pain

question 43

Multiple Choice

The pathway for pain that results in the experience of pain being less localized and longer lasting is the

• A) thalamic pathway.
• B) endorphin pathway.
• C) slow pathway.
• D) generic pathway.

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