Pain perception during menstrual cycle

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 400-406

  de Tommaso, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen; Gonadal hormones; Irritable bowel syndrome; Laser evoked potentials; Menstrual cycle; Neurophysiological procedures; Neuropsychosocial studies; Nociception; Nociceptive flexion response; Pain; Pain perception during menstrual cycle; Perimenstrual headache; Progesterone; Psychophysical studies

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DYSMENORRHEA; FACE PAIN; FIBROMYALGIA; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HABITUATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITABLE COLON; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 80755132285     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0207-1     Document Type: Article

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