The pathway for pain that results in the experience of pain being less localized and longer lasting is the
A) thalamic pathway.
B) endorphin pathway.
C) slow pathway.
D) generic pathway.

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The slow pathway, also known as the spinothalamic pathway or the "second pain system," carries information about pain that is slower, less localized, and longer-lasting than the faster and more localized pathway, the "first pain system."

The Pathway for Pain That Results in the Experience of Pain