Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Facial pain, depression and stress – connections and directions

2002; Wiley; Volume: 31; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1034/j.1600-0714.2002.00091.x

1600-0714

Ania Korszun,

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Abstract Chronic facial pain is associated with depression, stress and other chronic pain disorders such as fibromyalgia. There is growing evidence that all these conditions share underlying pathophysiological processes. This review explores this relationship and examines the role of the main stress hormone axis, the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis, in the pathogenesis of facial pain including possible future therapeutic approaches.