Fear and anxiety: Divergent effects on human pain thresholds

Pain

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Rhudy, Jamie L ^a   Meagher, Mary W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anxiety; Fear; Hyperalgesia; Pain; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN;

EID: 0033992359     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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