Altered Pain Perception and Fear-Learning Deficits in Subjects With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Journal of Pain

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1325-1333

  Jenewein, Josef ^a   Erni, Jeannine ^a   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^a   Grillon, Christian ^b   Schumacher, Sonja ^a   Mueller Pfeiffer, Christoph ^a   Hassanpour, Katayun ^a   Seiler, Annina ^a   Wittmann, Lutz ^c   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Hasler, Gregor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTIC UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; chronic pain; fear; fear learning; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; LEARNING DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84997471465     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.09.002     Document Type: Article

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