Correlation between alexithymia and hypersensitivity to visceral stimulation in human

Pain

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 252-263

  Kano, Michiko ^a,b   Hamaguchi, Toyohiro ^a   Itoh, Masatoshi ^c   Yanai, Kazuhiko ^a   Fukudo, Shin ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotional perception; Hypersensitivity; PET; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE WATER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOUCH; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 35748945170     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.01.032     Document Type: Article

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