Towards understanding sex differences in visceral pain: Enhanced reactivation of classically-conditioned fear in healthy women

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-121

  Benson, Sven ^a   Kattoor, Joswin ^a   Kullmann, Jennifer S ^a   Hofmann, Sarah ^a   Engler, Harald ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a   Gizewski, Elke R ^b   Elsenbruch, Sigrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Emotional memory; Fear conditioning; Sex differences; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; RECALL; RECTAL PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; VISCERAL PAIN; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN IMAGING; EMOTIONAL MEMORY; FEAR CONDITIONING; SEX DIFFERENCES; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VISCERAL PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892504102     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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