Sex differences in the neural representation of pain unpleasantness

Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 867-877

  Girard Tremblay, Lydia ^a   Auclair, Vincent ^a   Daigle, Kathya ^a   Léonard, Guillaume ^a   Whittingstall, Kevin ^a   Goffaux, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain; pain unpleasantness; Sex differences; somatosensory evoked brain potential; source localization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN UNPLEASANTNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART RATE; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SURAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905120407     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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