Relationship between baroreceptor cardiac reflex sensitivity and pain experience in normotensive individuals

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-200

  Duschek, S ^a   Muck I ^a   Reyes del Paso, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular; Cold pressor test; Pain; Parasympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COLD PRESSOR TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548014774     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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