Sex-related hormonal influences on pain and analgesic responses

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 485-501

  Fillingim, R B ^a   Ness, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Estrogen; Female; Menstrual cycle; Nociceptive transmission; Pain threshold; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIESTROGEN; BUTORPHANOL; ESTROGEN; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PENTAZOCINE; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANALGESIA; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MASTALGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034062023     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(00)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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