Gender differences in brain activity evoked by muscle and cutaneous pain: A retrospective study of single-trial fMRI data

NeuroImage

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1867-1876

  Henderson, Luke A ^a   Gandevia, S C ^b   Macefield, Vaughan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cerebellum; Cingulate cortex; Cutaneous pain; fMRI; Hippocampus; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PAIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 38749093274     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.045     Document Type: Article

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