A psychophysical study of endogenous analgesia: The role of the conditioning pain in the induction and magnitude of conditioned pain modulation

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 491-497

  Nir, Rony Reuven ^a,b   Granovsky, Yelena ^a,b   Yarnitsky, David ^a,b   Sprecher, Elliot ^a,b   Granot, Michal ^c  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conditioned pain modulation (CPM); Endogenous analgesia (EA); Pain inhibition; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED PAIN MODULATION; CONDITIONING; CONDITIONING STIMULATION INTENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOGENOUS ANALGESIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956083012     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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