ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROTOPATHIC
From proto- + Greek pathos suffering, disease + -ic.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTOPATHIC»
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Color Atlas of Neurology
The spatially and temporally precise perception of light tactile. noxious. and
temperature stimuli is called epicritic sensation. and the more diffuse perception
of stronger tactile. noxious. and temperature stimuli is called protopathic
sensation.
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Quick Reference Neuroscience for Rehabilitation ...
Protopathic • The protopathic sensory system is considered to be old
phylogenetically. • Protopathic receptors are adapted to identify gross bodily
sensation rather than specific regions of sensation. Thus, protopathic receptors
cannot precisely ...
Subsequent investigators have wholly rejected the theory, and in so doing they
have almost wholly rejected the facts: so much so, that 'protopathic' and 'epicritic'
are almost verba non grata in present-day physiology. Yet the facts remain.
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Brain: A Journal of Neurology
Thus an area may present protopathic sensibility and not epicritic sensibility, or
even the epicritic and not the protopathic form. Moreover, the nerves subserving
these two forms of sensibility do not coincide in their areas of distribution. For (op.
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Duvernoy's Atlas of the Human Brain Stem and Cerebellum: ...
These pathways are classified into epicritic and protopathic pathways, according
to the type of information they convey. They may also be considered as lemniscal
(epicritic) and extra-lemniscal (protopathic) pathways, the latter following a ...
Thomas P. Naidich, Henri M. Duvernoy, Bradley N. Delman, 2009
The epidermis is thickened and heaped up over the area in which both epicritic
and protopathic sensations are lost; if the epidermis be soaked off the underlying
epidermis is soft and thin, the surface appearing red and smooth. Later the digits
...
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Green's Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine and Surgery
Protopathic sensibility is conveyed in many or all of the afferent nerves, both
somatic and visceral ; the viscera are probably endowed with the form of
sensibility which iorms a part of the great reflex system of the body. All the
protopathic fibres ...
John William Ballantyne, 1908
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The Building of British Social Anthropology: W.H.R. Rivers ...
fascination with the protopathic manifestations of the human mind, evidently
present even during the early period of his career, seems to have been kept
under strictly epicritic control. Thus, when he encountered phenomena which he
...
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Diabetes: Best Practice & Research Compendium
The older, spinothalamic system is for the transmission of protopathic sensibility.
Protopathic sensations include such modalities as pain, temperature, and crude (
nondiscriminative) touch. The phylogenetically newer system is for the ...
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Clinical Neuropsychology
On the basis of studies of recovery from peripheral nerve injuries, Head and
colleagues (1905), distinguished between “protopathic” and “epicritic” sensation.
The epicritic system subserves local point sensibility, while the protopathic
system is ...
Kenneth M. Heilman James E. Rooks Jr. Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Clinical and Health Psychology, Chair of the Department of Neurology Residency Program University of Florida College of Medicine Edward Valenstein William L. and Janice M. Neely Professors of Neurology, Gainesville, 2003
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTOPATHIC»
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It Ain't Necessarily So: Why Much of the Medical Literature Is Wrong
Mistaking what came first in the order of causation is a form of protopathic bias. There are numerous examples in the literature. For example, an assumed ... «Medscape, Sep 14»
Early Antibiotic Use Linked to Asthma and Allergy at Age 6 Years
"Addressing protopathic bias in studies on antibiotic use is challenging since children are commonly prescribed antibiotics for respiratory tract infections, which ... «Medscape, Jan 11»
