Anger regulation style, anger arousal and acute pain sensitivity: Evidence for an endogenous opioid "triggering" model

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 642-653

  Burns, John W ^a   Bruehl, Stephen ^b   Chont, Melissa ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger induction; Opioid blockade; Pain induction; Trait anger out

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANGER; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; AROUSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905098700     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-013-9511-z     Document Type: Article

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