Sex differences in temporal summation but not sensory-discriminative processing of thermal pain

Pain

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-127

  Fillingim, Roger B ^a   Maixner, William ^b   Kincaid, Shelley ^b   Silva, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Pain sensitivity; Sex; Temporal summation; Thermal pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0031799190     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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