Vaginocervical stimulation suppresses the expression of c-fos induced by mating in thoracic, lumbar and sacral segments of the female rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 237-249

  Lee, J W ^a   Erskine, M S ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; c fos; mating; spinal cord; vaginocervical stimulation

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MATING; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0029741599     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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