18 The Somatosensory System II Touch, Thermal Sense, ….pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * An example of primary hyperalgesia is the extreme sensitivity of sunburned skin, which results from sensitization of the skin pain endings by local tissue products from the burn-perhaps histamine, perhaps prostaglandins, perhaps others. Secondary hyperalgesia frequently results from lesions in the spinal cord or the thalamus. Several of these lesions are discussed in subsequent sections * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Blood supply to the anterolateral system in the spinal cord and medulla Brown-Séquard syndrome (1) contralateral loss of pain and ther