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THE AUTHORS
Dr. Loggia is a postdoctoral fellow at the Brigham and
Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Dr. Schweinhardt is an assistant professor in dentistry and
neurology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Dr. Villemure is a research associate in the faculty of dentistry,
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Dr. Bushnell is a professor in anesthesia and in dentistry in
the faculties of medicine and dentistry, McGill University, and
director of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain,
Montreal, Quebec.
Correspondence to : Dr. M. Catherine Bushnell, Alan Edwards Centre for
Research on Pain, McGill University, 3645 University Street, Room M19,
Montreal QC H3A 2B2.
Sources of support: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National
Institutes of Health and the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain,
McGill University.
Th e authors have no declared fi nancial interests.
Th is article has been peer reviewed.
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