The Protective Role of Testosterone in the Development of Temporomandibular Joint Pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 437-442

  Fischer, Luana ^a   Clemente, Juliana T ^a   Tambeli, Cláudia H ^a  

^a Faculty of Odontology of Piracicaba   (Brazil)

Author keywords

estrogen; Formalin test; sex differences; temporomandibular joint pain; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34247623013     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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