β-endorphin modulates adenosine provoked chest pain in men, but not in women - A comparison between patients with ischemic heart disease and healthy volunteers

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 750-755

  Sadigh, Bita ^a   Berglund, Margareta ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^a   Sheps, David ^a   Sylvén, Christer ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

endorphin; Adenosine; Chest pain; Naloxone

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ENDORPHIN; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ALGOMETER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CHEST PAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 39049154938     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318154b974     Document Type: Article

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