Nociceptive flexion reflex and pain rating responses during endogenous opiate blockade with naltrexone in healthy young adults

Biological Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-100

  France, Christopher R ^a   al'Absi, Mustafa ^b   Ring, Christopher ^c   France, Janis L ^a   Harju, Angie ^b   Wittmers, Lorentz E ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Naltrexone; Nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR); Opiate blockade; Pain

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 33947150957     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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