Sex differences in temporal summation of pain and aftersensations following repetitive noxious mechanical stimulation

Several studies demonstrate that women are more sensitive to experimental pain than men. In addition, women exhibit greater temporal summation of heat and mechanically evoked pain. Since temporal summation of pain is centrally mediated, its greater expression in women suggests a central nociceptive...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pain (Amsterdam) 2004-05, Vol.109 (1), p.115-123
Hauptverfasser:	Sarlani, Eleni, Grace, Edward G, Reynolds, Mark A, Greenspan, Joel D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aftersensations Analysis of Variance Biological and medical sciences Case-Control Studies Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender differences Hot Temperature - adverse effects Humans Illness and personality Illness, stress and coping Male Mechanical nociception Middle Aged Nociceptors - physiology Pain - physiopathology Pain - psychology Pain Measurement Pain Threshold Physical Stimulation - adverse effects Psychology and medicine Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Sex Characteristics Skin - innervation Somesthesis and somesthetic pathways (proprioception, exteroception, nociception) interoception electrolocation. Sensory receptors Temporal summation Time Factors Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs Wind-up
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