Decreased sensitivity to thermal stimuli in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Relation to symptomatology and cognitive ability

Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 463-471

  Duerden, Emma G ^a,b   Taylor, Margot J ^a,b,c   Lee, Minha ^a   McGrath, Patricia A ^d   Davis, Karen D ^c,e   Roberts, S Wendy ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Pain Innovations Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognition; Human; Pain; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERMAL STIMULATION; INTELLIGENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84928827951     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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