Perception of thermal pain and the thermal grill illusion is associated with polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lindstedt, Fredrik ^a   Lonsdorf, Tina B ^a,b   Schalling, Martin ^a   Kosek, Eva ^a   Ingvar, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; ILLUSION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMA GRILL ILLUSION; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL PAIN; ALLELE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ALLELES; COLD TEMPERATURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952659840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017752     Document Type: Article

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