Gender differences in patterns of cerebral activation during equal experience of painful laser stimulation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 401-411

  Derbyshire, Stuart W G ^a   Nichols, Thomas E ^b   Firestone, Leonard ^c   Townsend, David W ^d   Jones, Anthony K P ^e  

^a MR Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortex; Human; Nociception; Noxious; Pain; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036796294     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jpai.2002.126788     Document Type: Article

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