Gonadal hormones and sex differences in pain reactivity

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-174

  Aloisi, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Gonadal hormones; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0038662994     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200305000-00004     Document Type: Review

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