Brain-mediated responses to vaginocervical stimulation in spinal cord-transected rats: Role of the vagus nerves

Brain Research

Volumn 708, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 128-134

  Komisaruk, Barry R ^a   Bianca, Ralph ^a   Sansone, Giorgio ^a   Gómez, Lisbeth E ^b   Cueva Rolón, Rafael ^b   Beyer, Carlos ^b   Whipple, Beverly ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cervix; Pupil dilatation; Spinal cord; Vagina; Vaginocervical stimulation; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MYDRIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030040177     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01312-1     Document Type: Article

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