Behavioral measurement of thermal pain sensitivity in humans: Effects of stimulus intensity and instructions

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-214

  Greenwald, Mark K ^a   Johanson, Chris Ellyn ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODEL; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TAIL FLICK TEST; THERMAL PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034856329     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.9.2.209     Document Type: Article

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