Cortical Pain Representations
Thalamus
Cortex
Behavior
Emotional/salience/
valence
Medial dorsal
Anterior cingulate
Ventral med. Post.
(VM po)
Mid-insular
cortex
Limbic
cortex
Behavioral
Autonomic
Amygdala
Ventral posterior
(VPL/VPM)
1° SS
Cortex
??Localization/
Discrimination