The role of circulating sex hormones in menstrual cycle-dependent modulation of pain-related brain activation

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 548-559

  Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S ^a,b   Keaser, Michael L ^a   Traub, Deborah S ^a   Zhuo, Jiachen ^a   Gullapalli, Rao P ^a   Greenspan, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circulating hormones; Functional brain imaging; Menstrual cycle; Pain sensitivity; Pain related brain activation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ACTIVATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS;

EID: 84875472413     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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