Conditioned pain modulation is minimally influenced by cognitive evaluation or imagery of the conditioning stimulus

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 689-697

  Bernaba, Mario ^a   Johnson, Kevin A ^a   Kong, Jiang Ti ^a   Mackey, Sean ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEPS; Cold presser test; Conditioned pain modulation; Contact heat evoked potential stimulator; Endogenous analgesia; Evaluation; Imagery

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONED PAIN MODULATION; CONDITIONING; CONDITIONING STIMULUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912122703     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: 11787090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S65607     Document Type: Article

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