Sex differences and incentive effects on perceptual and cardiovascular responses to cold pressor pain

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 284-291

  Lowery, Daniel ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^b,c   Wright, Rex A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Incentive; Pain threshold; Pain tolerance; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; MONEY; MOTIVATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037347692     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000033127.11561.78     Document Type: Article

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