The relationship between adverse life events and endogenous inhibition of pain and spinal nociception: Findings from the Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk
Given the correlation of adverse life events (ALEs) with the risk of chronic, researchers sought to determine if cumulative ALE exposure impairs endogenous inhibition of pain (assessed from pain report) and spinal nociception (assessed from nociceptive flexion reflex; NFR) in healthy, pain-free Native Americans (n = 124) and non-Hispanic Whites (n = 129) during a conditioned pain modulation (CPM) task.
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