Role of dehydroepiandrosterone and cortisol in nociceptive sensitivity to thermal pain in anorexia nervosa and healthy women.
OBJECTIVES: Anorexia nervosa (AN) patients represent a natural model of relationship between changed hormonal level and pain perception due to lower level of sex hormones and consistently described increased pain threshold. As the adrenal stress steroid hormones (cortisol and DHEA) are known to be also changed in AN (and share a common .....