Electrocutaneous pain thresholds are higher during systole than diastole

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-73

  Wilkinson, Mary ^a   McIntyre, David ^b   Edwards, Louisa ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor; Blood pressure; Cardiac cycle; Pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SYSTOLE;

BARORECEPTOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC CYCLE; PAIN THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84878716731     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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