Psychological stress is a risk factor for the development of musculoskeletal pain of the head
and neck; however, the basis for this relationship remains uncertain. This study tested the …

Estrogen status and psychological stress contribute to the expression of several chronic pain
conditions including temporomandibular muscle and joint disorders (TMJD). Sensory …

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) represent a family of recurrent conditions that often
cause pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) region and muscles of mastication. To …

Studies at spinal levels indicate that peripheral tissue or nerve injury induces a state of
hyperexcitability of spinal dorsal horn neurons that participates in the development of …

Many trigeminal [V] brainstem nociceptive neurons receive convergent inputs from afferents
supplying deep craniofacial sites [eg, temporomandibular joint [TMJ]; muscle] as well as …

Psychophysical stress can cause neural changes that increase nociception in the orofacial
region, particularly the masseter muscle (MM). The nucleus raphe magnus (NRM), which is …

This study aimed to determine whether psychophysical stress conditionings had facilitatory
effects on masseter muscle nociception in the central nervous system via serotonergic …

It is commonly accepted that psychological stress contributes to the development of
temporomandibular joint disorders, in which chronic orofacial pain is the main symptom …

We determined the role of persistent monoarthritis of temporomandibular joint region (TMJ)
on bilateral masseter muscle (MM) nociception in male rats using orofacial nocifensive …

Psychological stress and estrogen status are risk factors to develop painful
temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD); however, the neural basis for this relationship is …