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1	Mécanismes centraux de la perception et de la modulation de la douleur dans le vieillissement / Central mechanisms of pain perception and modulation in aging Zhou, Shu 23 October 2015 (has links) De nombreuses études ont montré une modification de la perception de la douleur au cours du vieillissement. Cette modification s’exprime principalement par une diminution du seuil de la douleur aiguë et une augmentation de la prévalence de douleurs chroniques. Parallèlement, le vieillissement provoque des altérations cérébrales importantes, notamment dans les réseaux frontaux. Dans ce travail de thèse, nous avons étudié les mécanismes centraux, notamment les fonctions des réseaux frontaux sur la perception et la modulation de la douleur chez la personne âgée. Les résultats des expériences 1 à 3 suggèrent une forte corrélation positive entre l’altération des fonctions exécutives et le déclin de la modulation cognitive de la douleur et de la résistance à la douleur tonique. Dans l’expérience 4, nos résultats montrent que les scores aux tests mesurant les fonctions émotionnelles (e.g. la reconnaissance des émotions) sont corrélés au ressenti de la douleur. Cela pourrait indiquer un déficit chez les personnes âgées de la composante émotionnelle qui entre en jeu dans la perception de la douleur. / Age-related changes in pain perception have been widely reported in the literature, showing a reduced acute pain perception and an increased prevalence of chronic pain. Ageing also results in considerable alterations in brain structures and functions, particularly in frontal networks. In this thesis, we explored the underlying central mechanisms, especially the role of frontal functions in the age-related alterations in pain perception. Results of experiments 1-3 demonstrated a strong positive correlation between the age-related alterations in executive function and the decline in pain tolerance and cognitive pain modulation. In experiment 4 we observed that the emotional function measured by a test of emotions recognition was correlated to the verbal expression of perceived pain, indicating that the reduced pain expression in the elderly may result from the deficient responses to emotion. Vieillissement non-pathologique Douleur tonique Modulation de la douleur Cortex préfrontal Fonctions exécutives Fonctions émotionnelles Non-pathological ageing Tonic pain Pain modulation Prefrontal cortex Executive functions Emotional functions 616.047
2	Temporal Dynamics of Heat Pain Sensations Hashmi, Javeria Ali 13 August 2010 (has links) The moment-to-moment fluctuations in pain-evoked sensory and emotional qualities, and how the pain experience differs between sexes are not well understood. Therefore, this thesis sought to 1) characterise the temporal profiles of the most prominent noxious heat-evoked sensations, 2) characterise sex differences in these sensations, 3) evaluate the magnitude of sharp pain quality evoked in hairy and glabrous skin, and 4) determine the role of absolute stimulus temperatures on sex differences in pain adaptation and habituation. A broad-based heat pain model was developed for this study that incorporates a temporally-continuous assessment of multiple sensory and affective pain dimensions, including pain, burning, sharp, stinging, cutting, and annoyance evoked by two types (static, dynamic) of repeated prolonged noxious heat stimuli. The salient hypotheses were: 1) Burning sensations have a different temporal profile compared with sharp and other related qualities, 2) The temporal dynamics of heat pain intensity and annoyance differ between males and females, 3) Sex differences in heat pain are associated with specific pain qualities and specific types of skin, and 4) Moderate-high temperatures induce pain adaptation and habituation in females but not in males. The most prominent findings were 1) sharp, stinging and cutting sensations adapted when stimulus intensity was static, but burning sensations were evoked during static and dynamic stimulus phases, 2) pain and annoyance in women were greater than men during the dynamic phases of the first stimulus but less than men during static stimulus phases and on stimulus repetition, 3) the sex difference in pain adaptation occurred with percept-fixed stimulus intensities and with absolute stimulus temperatures, 4) the sex effects associated with dynamic stimuli occurred in hairy but not glabrous skin. These findings give new insights into the relationships between pain intensity, quality and affect and have strong implications for views on sex differences in pain sensitivity. Pain, sex differences in pain pain patterns temporal summation psychophysics tonic pain burning adaptation models habituation temporal heat pain temperature pain modulation glabrous hairy analgesia chronic pain sex women sex differences sharp pain mechanisms a-delta unmyelinated C fibre brain MPQ pain dimensions 0317 0384 0349 0989 0632
3	Temporal Dynamics of Heat Pain Sensations Hashmi, Javeria Ali 13 August 2010 (has links) The moment-to-moment fluctuations in pain-evoked sensory and emotional qualities, and how the pain experience differs between sexes are not well understood. Therefore, this thesis sought to 1) characterise the temporal profiles of the most prominent noxious heat-evoked sensations, 2) characterise sex differences in these sensations, 3) evaluate the magnitude of sharp pain quality evoked in hairy and glabrous skin, and 4) determine the role of absolute stimulus temperatures on sex differences in pain adaptation and habituation. A broad-based heat pain model was developed for this study that incorporates a temporally-continuous assessment of multiple sensory and affective pain dimensions, including pain, burning, sharp, stinging, cutting, and annoyance evoked by two types (static, dynamic) of repeated prolonged noxious heat stimuli. The salient hypotheses were: 1) Burning sensations have a different temporal profile compared with sharp and other related qualities, 2) The temporal dynamics of heat pain intensity and annoyance differ between males and females, 3) Sex differences in heat pain are associated with specific pain qualities and specific types of skin, and 4) Moderate-high temperatures induce pain adaptation and habituation in females but not in males. The most prominent findings were 1) sharp, stinging and cutting sensations adapted when stimulus intensity was static, but burning sensations were evoked during static and dynamic stimulus phases, 2) pain and annoyance in women were greater than men during the dynamic phases of the first stimulus but less than men during static stimulus phases and on stimulus repetition, 3) the sex difference in pain adaptation occurred with percept-fixed stimulus intensities and with absolute stimulus temperatures, 4) the sex effects associated with dynamic stimuli occurred in hairy but not glabrous skin. These findings give new insights into the relationships between pain intensity, quality and affect and have strong implications for views on sex differences in pain sensitivity. Pain, sex differences in pain pain patterns temporal summation psychophysics tonic pain burning adaptation models habituation temporal heat pain temperature pain modulation glabrous hairy analgesia chronic pain sex women sex differences sharp pain mechanisms a-delta unmyelinated C fibre brain MPQ pain dimensions 0317 0384 0349 0989 0632

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