A comparison of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in men and women

Pain

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-84

  France, Christopher R ^a   Suchowiecki, Shannon ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls; Pain; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0032943088     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00272-3     Document Type: Article

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