Autonomic reactivity to pain throughout the menstrual cycle in healthy women

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-173

  Tousignant Laflamme, Yannick ^a   Marchand, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Gonadal steroid hormones; Heart rate; Menstrual cycle; Pain

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; WATER;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMERSION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 67649111157     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-009-0004-7     Document Type: Article

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