The effect of intranasal oxytocin administration on acute cold pressor pain: A placebo-controlled, double-blind, within-participants crossover investigation

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 422-429

  Rash, Joshua A ^a   Campbell, Tavis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

analgesia; cold pressor; nociception; oxytocin; pain

Indexed keywords

NOSE SPRAY; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL PAIN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MOOD; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904756668     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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