Human physiology

[Scylax]

Is the pain of childbirth cortical or thalamic ?  If the latter, how does it rate (approx.) with other hollow-viscera pain eg. renal/biliary colic ?

[georgit79]

Um, I might need to know what both cortical and thalamic mean before I attempt to answer this question. It might help if I'd had a child, too...

[maggie01]

I don't know what name you put to it (I'm not sure what either of these mean) but its painfull but rewarding and soon forgotten until the next time.

[Scylax]

I am sorry; the Q. was not frivolous, nor intended for the man- (woman)- in- the- street.  Pain-receptors are in various locations in the brain, depending upon their origin. I am grateful for the responses, but I should perhaps have entered the Q. under the heading of 'science', since only a Physiologist will have any notion of the complexity involved.  Sorry, folks, mia culpa......

[Peahead66]

I would just do a quick google if I were you as there is tons of information on this subject.