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Pain and masochistic behaviour: The role of descending modulation

20223 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Sophie Baudic · Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Frédérique Poindessous‐Jazat · Inserm

Didier Bouhassira · Laboratoire physiopathologie et pharmacologie clinique de la douleur

Abstract

Decrease pain perception related to masochistic behaviours is associated with specific activation of descending pain inhibition.

Topics & Keywords

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: European Journal of Pain

Volume 26, Issue 10, pp. 2227-2237

DOI: 10.1002/ejp.2037

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.36

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