Individual Modulation of Pain Sensitivity under Stress

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 676-685

  Reinhardt, Tatyana ^a   Kleindienst, Nikolaus ^a   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^b   Bohus, Martin ^a   Schmahl, Christian ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Hypoalgesia; Pain Modulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STRESS; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84878171710     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12090     Document Type: Article

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