A Preliminary Genome-Wide Association Study of Pain-Related Fear: Implications for Orofacial Pain.

CONCLUSIONS: Multiple genes were identified as possible candidates contributing to fear of pain. The findings may have implications for understanding and treating chronic orofacial pain.
PMID: 28701861 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Pain Research and Management - July 15, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Randall CL, Wright CD, Chernus JM, McNeil DW, Feingold E, Crout RJ, Neiswanger K, Weyant RJ, Shaffer JR, Marazita ML Tags: Pain Res Manag Source Type: research