Spatial summation of heat pain in males and females

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-105

  Lautenbacher, S ^a   Nielsen, J ^a   Andersen, T ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat pain; Sex difference; Spatial summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL SUMMATION; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0034925480     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135578501012006192-1     Document Type: Article

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