Pain Perception in Schizophrenia: Evidence of a Specific Pain Response Profile

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1571-1579

  Lévesque, Mylène ^a   Potvin, Stéphane ^b   Marchand, Serge ^a   Stip, Emmanuel ^c   Grignon, Sylvain ^b   Pierre, Lalonde ^c   Lipp, Olivier ^c   Goffaux, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aberrant Salience; Positive Symptoms; Sensitization; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALGARY DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 84871383539     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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