Modality and sex differences in pain sensitivity during human endotoxemia

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-43

  Karshikoff, B ^a   Lekander, M ^a,b   Soop, A ^a,c   Lindstedt, F ^a   Ingvar, M ^a   Kosek, E ^a   Olgart Hoglund C ^a,b,c   Axelsson, J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cold pressor; Conditioned pain modulation; Cytokines; Endotoxin; Inflammation; Lipopolysaccharide; Pain; Pressure point thresholds; Sickness behavior

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED ENDOTOXEMIA; MALE; MOOD; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS; BLOOD; COLD; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTOXEMIA; HEAT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928826884     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.11.014     Document Type: Article

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