stress-induced analgesia

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stress-induced analgesia (stresˑ-in·dōōsdˑ aˈ·n

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n a num-bness to pain that the body generates itself as a protective mechanism in response to mental anxiety or trauma.

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No references found			Williams, Worland, and Smith (1990) found that this paradigm of social defeat not only elicited freezing and interfered with prod burying, but the odors of the alpha conspecifics also produced stress-induced analgesia during a post-defeat formalin test for pain sensitivity. Effects of a synthetic predator odor (TMT) on freezing, analgesia, ... by Williams, Jon L.; Baez, Catherine; Hladky, Katherine J.; Camacho, Cheri A. / The Psychological Record This type of transituational analgesic reaction, following repeated defeat, appears to be similar to the stress-induced analgesia that has been reported in "learned helplessness" studies in which rats were exposed to a series of inescapable shocks (Maier, 1989). Effects of conspecific and predator odors on defensive behavior, ... by Williams, Jon L. / The Psychological Record			stress echocardiography Stress Fracture stress hardiness stress incontinence Stress Index stress inoculation stress kinesic stress level stress management Stress Portfolio Stress Puppy stress radiography stress reaction Stress Reduction stress response stress response syndrome stress shielding stress shutdown stress test stress theory of aging stress ulcer stress ulcers stress urinary incontinence stress-adaptation theory stress-bearing area stress-induced analgesia stress-induced bone lesions Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy stress-related condition stressbreaker stressor STRETCH stretch mark Stretch Marks stretch pressure stretch receptor stretch receptors stretch reflex stretch release stretcher stretches stretching stretching disease stretching of contractures stretching, longitudinal Stretocara stri- stria stria atrophica stria gravidarum stria terminalis			stress urinary incontinence stress urinary incontinence stress urinary incontinence stress urinary incontinence stress urinary incontinence Stress Ventricular Function Test Stress vs. Number of Cycles to Failure Curve Stress, mechanical Stress- Activated Protein Kinase 1 Stress-Activated Protein Kinase Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 2 Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 3 stress-adaptation theory Stress-ball stress-bearing area stress-bearing area stress-bearing area stress-bearing area stress-bearing area stress-breaking action of clasp stress-breaking action of clasp stress-breaking action of clasp stress-breaking action of clasp Stress-Carrier Stress-corrosion cracking Stress-Echo Ergometer Tests Stress-energy tensor stress-free stress-graded lumber Stress-in-Motion stress-induced analgesia stress-induced bone lesions Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Stress-Induced Martensite Stress-Induced Preferential Absorption Stress-Induced Pressure Natriuresis Stress-Marginality and Accelerated-Reliability Testing stress-number curve stress-optic law Stress-Oriented Hydrogen Induced Cracking Stress-Predominant Mixed Urinary Incontinence stress-related condition Stress-Related Gastric Mucosal Damage Stress-Related Mucosal Damage Stress-Related Pain Behavior stress-relief heat treatment Stress-Resistant Stress-Response Relationship Stress-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats stress-starvation syndrome stress-starvation syndrome stress-starvation syndrome stress-starvation syndrome stress-strain curve stress-strain diagram Stress-strain relationship Stress-strain relationship Stress-strain relationship Stress-Strength Interference stress-supporting area stress-supporting area

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