Sentence examples for heightened pain from inspiring English sources
During inflammation, major plasticity changes occur in the peripheral and central nervous systems that lower the pain thresholds, giving rise to allodynia (pain in response to a normally innocuous stimulus) and hyperalgesia (heightened pain intensity in response to a normally painful stimulus).
To the extent that those in Washington who are suffering from economic downturn are the same people who are normally suffering during boom times, the heightened pain may not be that noticeable.
Soon, isolated mice showed sign of heightened pain sensitivity, suggesting that smell was likely the messenger.
It is thought that this heightened pain sensitivity results from both central as well as peripheral sensitization [41, 65].
The catechol-O-methyltransferase gene is polymorphic, and a single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with low activity and heightened pain sensitivity.
Pain catastrophizing is linked to heightened pain and poorer coping among individuals with chronic pain, yet little is known about how pain catastrophizing associates with sleep and pain over the course of treatment for chronic pain.
Previous research has found that laughing together, dancing together and working in a team can increase social bonding and heighten pain tolerance through an endorphin boost.
Although sleep deprivation is known to heighten pain sensitivity, the mechanisms by which sleep modifies nociception are largely unknown.
We utilized the heat-capsaicin nociceptive model to examine whether self-reported habitual sleep duration is associated with distraction analgesia, the degree of secondary hyperalgesia and skin flare, markers implicating both central and peripheral processes that heighten pain.
In animal models of HNSCC we showed that ATP in the cancer microenvironment likely heightens pain perception through the P2X2/3 trimeric receptors.
Smile a lot and simply say "no thank you" or "pleased to know that" instead of engaging in arguments and one-upmanship; save yourself the emotional exacerbation that can heighten pain.
