The relationship between blood pressure and pain

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 600-605

  Saccò, Marcella ^a   Meschi, Michele ^a   Regolisti, Giuseppe ^b   Detrenis, Simona ^a   Bianchi, Laura ^b   Bertorelli, Marcello ^a   Pioli, Sarah ^a   Magnano, Andrea ^a   Spagnoli, Francesca ^a   Giuri, Pasquale Gianluca ^c   Fiaccadori, Enrico ^b   Caiazza, Alberto ^a  

^a Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE;

ADAPTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL REFLEX; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; THALAMUS; TISSUE INJURY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACUTE PAIN; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84880760243     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12145     Document Type: Review

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