The relationship of allopregnanolone immunoreactivity and HPA-axis measures to experimental pain sensitivity: Evidence for ethnic differences

Pain

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 142-152

  Mechlin, Beth ^a,b   Morrow, A Leslie ^a   Maixner, William ^c   Girdler, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Allopregnanolone; HPA axis; Pain

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; BETA ENDORPHIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANOLONE;

EID: 34547522672     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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