Individual differences in the emotional reaction to shock determine whether hypoalgesia is observed

Pain Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 244-256

  Rhudy, Jamie L ^a   Meagher, Mary W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fear; Heat; Humor; Shock; Stress induced analgesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMOR; HYPOALGESIA; INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; LATENT PERIOD; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SHOCK; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0242288737     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2003.03028.x     Document Type: Review

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