Gender differences in pain perception and patterns of cerebral activation during noxious heat stimulation in humans

Pain

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 223-229

  Paulson, Pamela E ^a,b   Minoshima, Satoshi ^b   Morrow, Thomas J ^a,b   Casey, Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Insula; Pain; Positron emission tomography; Prefrontal cortex; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031775604     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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