Inflammation-induced pain sensitization in men and women: Does sex matter in experimental endotoxemia?

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1954-1964

  Wegner, Alexander ^a   Elsenbruch, Sigrid ^a   Rebernik, Laura ^a   Roderigo, Till ^a   Engelbrecht, Elisa ^a   Ja Ger, Marcus ^a   Engler, Harald ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a   Benson, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endotoxin; Inflammation; Lipopolysaccharide; Pain; Pressure pain thresholds; Sex differences; Sickness behaviour; Visceral pain thresholds

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISCERAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART RATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953354998     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000256     Document Type: Article

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