Neural correlates of painful genital touch in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

Pain

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 118-127

  Pukall, Caroline F ^a,b   Strigo, Irina A ^b   Binik, Yitzchak M ^b,c   Amsel, Rhonda ^b   Khalifé, Samir ^d   Bushnell, M Catherine ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Brain imaging; Dyspareunia; Sensory functioning; Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMAGING; INSULA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOCICEPTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; VULVA; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

EID: 17044436984     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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