title: Analgesia produced by vaginal self-stimulation in women is independent of heart rate acceleration.
abstract: In the present study, the analgesia produced by vaginal stimulation (VS) in women was found to be dissociated from heart rate. The VS-produced analgesia was not accompanied by an acceleration of heart rate. Heart rate acceleration produced by exercise did not result in analgesia. The independence of VS-produced analgesia from this index of autonomic activity is consistent with recent findings in rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Neurofisiologia, Universidad Autonoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez-Gomez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Whipple
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oliva-Zarate
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Komisaruk
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012653:Self Stimulation; D014621:Vagina / Q000502:physiology*