We induced specific expectations of analgesia on four different parts of the body to
understand how endogenous opioid systems are activated by expectancies. The left hand …

We tested the hypothesis that noxious stimuli induce pain modulation by activation of
supraspinal structures. We found that intense noxious stimuli (ie, subdermal injection of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether all tricyclic antidepressants are equally effective in the
treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. DATA SOURCES: A MEDLINE search for …

Although many pharmacological studies indicate that bulbospinal noradrenergic projections
contribute to antinociception, lesions of the major brainstem noradrenergic cell groups have …

A single small iontophoretic injection of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin labels
projections from the area surrounding the spinal cord central canal at midthoracic (T6–T9) or …

In the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (PAG), endogenous pathways which dampen pain
transmission can be activated by either opioids or excitatory amino acids such as N‐methyl …

Methods: One hundred and four untreated hypertensive patients (65 subjects with and 39
without a positive parental history of hypertension) together with a control group of 42 …

Objective: To determine if the addition of alternative therapy to conventional medicine
enhances the treatment of pain in postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Methodology: A review of …

Nonorganic chronic headache is a common, challenging presentation in clinical practice.
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of associated psychiatric …

Although acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is one of the most commonly administered drugs in the
treatment of acute headaches, the sites of its action and the mechanisms of its therapeutic …