The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 186-194 , February 2010

Pain Catastrophizing and Salivary Cortisol Responses to Laboratory Pain Testing in Temporomandibular Disorder and Healthy Participants

  • Phillip J. Quartana

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Luis F. Buenaver

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Robert R. Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Brendan. Klick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Michael T. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Michael T. Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224.

Received 18 March 2009 ,Revised 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 11 July 2009.

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 Supported by Grants K23NS047168 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (MTS), R01AR054871 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (MTS), the Johns Hopkins General Clinical Research Center(M01-RR002719), R24AT004641 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (JAH), and postdoctoral fellowship Grant T32MH75884 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00653-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.07.008

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 186-194 , February 2010

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