Zeev Rogowski

TL;DR: It is found that left-side migraineurs had significantly higher bilateral parasympathetic vasodilatation, regardless of the stimulation or measurement side, and unilateral left- side migraineurs have increased parASYmpathetic activation in response to pain compared with right-side headaches.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the possible role of personality traits in determining the variability of pain perception among individuals and found that the three personality dimensions suggested by Cloninger in 1987, mainly harm avoidance (HA), but also reward dependence (RD), and novelty seeking, can predict interpersonal differences in responsiveness to experimental pain.

TL;DR: It is concluded that Cranial parasympathetic function does differ among patients with various migraine types at rest, and a model of within-brainstem interaction between the two locus coeruleus nuclei, which are involved in control of pain and cranial parASYmpathetic outflow is suggested.

TL;DR: The present study confirms the existence of individual differences in response to analgesic treatment and suggests that high HA personality trait is associated with better responsiveness to morphine treatment, and that females respond better than men to both morphine and placebo.

TL;DR: It is found that VCR + SDV rats had enhanced painful neuropathy compared to VCR alone, expressed as decreased vagal activity aggravates both the severity and the time course of painful polyneuropathy.