Sex-based differences in brain alterations across chronic pain conditions

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 604-616

  Gupta, Arpana ^a,b   Mayer, Emeran A ^a,b   Fling, Connor ^a   Labus, Jennifer S ^a,b   Naliboff, Bruce D ^a,b   Hong, Jui Yang ^a,b   Kilpatrick, Lisa A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

neuroimaging; pain; sex differences

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC PAIN; EMOTION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIENCE NETWORK; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84994246884     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23856     Document Type: Review

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