Sex and/or gender differences in pain

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-39

  Miyazaki, Rika ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Gender; Nociception; Sex steroid hor mones

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTAZOCINE; SEX HORMONE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 58849145082     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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