The impact of emotion-related autonomic nervous system responsiveness on pain sensitivity in female patients with fibromyalgia

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 765-773

  Van Middendorp, Henriët ^a,b,c   Lumley, Mark A ^d   Houtveen, Jan H ^a   Jacobs, Johannes W G ^b   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^b   Geenen, Rinie ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular responsiveness; Emotions; Fibromyalgia; Pain; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADNESS; STRESS;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSIVENESS; EMOTIONS; FIBROMYALGIA; PAIN; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886100078     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182a03973     Document Type: Article

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