Open AccessThe effect of depression on the thermal nociceptive thresholds in rats with spontaneous pain
Author(s) -
Yuan-Lin Su,
Ning Wang,
Ge Gao,
Jinyan Wang,
Fei Luo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
neuroscience bulletin/neuroscience bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1673-7067
pISSN - 1995-8218
DOI - 10.1007/s12264-010-0932-1
Subject(s) - pain medicine , human physiology , anesthesiology , depression (economics) , nociception , neurology , medicine , anesthesia , neuroscience , psychology , psychiatry , receptor , macroeconomics , economics
Recently, there has been growing interest in the interaction between depressive disorders and pain. The purpose of this study was to examine whether depression would lead to a decreased sensitivity to noxious stimuli in rats with spontaneous pain.