The neural signals related to the affective dimension of pain do NOT flow from the VP nucleus of the thalamus to:

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The affective dimension of pain, which relates to the emotional experience of pain, primarily involves the anterior insular cortex, the amygdala, and the anterior cingulate cortex. Areas 3a and 3b of S1 (primary somatosensory cortex) are more involved in the sensory-discriminative dimension of pain, which relates to the physical aspects such as location, intensity, and quality of the pain, rather than its emotional or affective components.

The Neural Signals Related to the Affective Dimension of Pain