Brain imaging reveals that engagement of descending inhibitory pain pathways in healthy women in a low endogenous estradiol state varies with testosterone

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-524

  Vincent, Katy ^a   Warnaby, Catherine ^a   Stagg, Charlotte J ^a   Moore, Jane ^a   Kennedy, Stephen ^a   Tracey, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined oral contraceptive pill; Estradiol; Pain; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOALGESIA; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84875429784     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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