Differential c-fos expression in the nucleus of the solitary tract and spinal cord following noxious gastric distention in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 873-884

  Traub, R J ^a,b   Sengupta, J N ^a   Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Parasympathetic afferent; Sympathetic afferent; Visceral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030564964     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00173-X     Document Type: Article

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