Vagotomy blocks responses to vaginocervical stimulation after genitospinal neurectomy in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

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

^a Ctro de Invest y Estud Avanzados   (Mexico)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University Heights   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cervix; Hypogastric nerve; Pelvic nerve; Pudendal nerve; Pupil dilatation; Vagina; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL REFLEX; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART RATE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; VAGINA; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030185509     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02245-7     Document Type: Article

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