Pain inhibition is deficient in chronic widespread pain but normal in major depressive disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-224

  Normand, Edith ^a   Potvin, Stéphane ^a,b   Gaumond, Isabelle ^c   Cloutier, Guylaine ^d   Corbin, Jean François ^e   Marchand, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^d Cabinet Médical Spécialisé États d'Esprit   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79951962842     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04969blu     Document Type: Article

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