An fMRI study on the acute effects of exercise on pain processing in trained athletes

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1702-1714

  Scheef, Lukas ^a   Jankowski, Jakob ^a   Daamen, Marcel ^a   Weyer, Gunther ^a   Klingenberg, Markus ^a   Renner, Julia ^a   Mueckter, Sara ^a   Schürmann, Britta ^a   Musshoff, Frank ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   Schild, Hans H ^a   Zimmer, Andreas ^a   Boecker, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Endorphin; fMRI; Opioid; Pain; Periaqueductal gray; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 84863724343     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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