Gender Differences in Pain Threshold, Unpleasantness, and Descending Pain Modulatory Activation Across the Adult Life Span: A Cross Sectional Study
Michelle D. Failla, Paul A. Beach, Sebastian Atalla, Mary S. Dietrich, Stephen Bruehl, Ronald L. Cowan, Todd B. Monroe
Topics & Concepts
InsulaPsychologyPeriaqueductal grayAmygdalaAnterior cingulate cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexChronic painPain catastrophizingCingulate cortexAudiologyPrefrontal cortexDevelopmental psychologyCognitionNeuroscienceMedicineCentral nervous systemMidbrainPain Mechanisms and TreatmentsPain Management and Placebo EffectMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation