Stress induced analgesia plays an adaptive role in the organization of behavioral responding
Z Amit, ZH Galina - Brain research bulletin, 1988 - Elsevier
The data on ability of stressful or noxious stimuli to suppress the perception of pain was
reviewed. The focus of this review has been the attempt to demonstrate that the emergent
“Stress Induced Analgesia”(SIA) plays an adaptive role in the modulation of behavioral
responding by organisms during periods of threat or danger to the organism. We have
reviewed the experimental paradigms that are normally used in these studies which point to
the fact that the variables inducing SIA need not be actually aversive or even stressful. We …
reviewed. The focus of this review has been the attempt to demonstrate that the emergent
“Stress Induced Analgesia”(SIA) plays an adaptive role in the modulation of behavioral
responding by organisms during periods of threat or danger to the organism. We have
reviewed the experimental paradigms that are normally used in these studies which point to
the fact that the variables inducing SIA need not be actually aversive or even stressful. We …