Endogenous opioids may buffer effects of anger arousal on sensitivity to subsequent pain

Pain

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Burns, John W ^a   Bruehl, Stephen ^b   Chung, Ok Y ^b   Magid, Edward ^a   Chont, Melissa ^b   Goodlad, James K ^b   Gilliam, Wesley ^a   Matsuura, Justin ^a   Somar, Kristin ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Anger; Endogenous opioids; Harassment; Opioid blockade

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDORPHINS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 70350619479     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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