Estrous cycle phase variations in visceromotor and cardiovascular responses to colonic distension in the anesthetized rat

Brain Research

Volumn 742, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 10-16

  Sapsed Byrne, Sue ^a   Ma, Daqing ^a   Ridout, Deborah ^a   Holdcroft, Anita ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anesthesia; colonic distension; estrous cycle; halothane; nociception; rat; visceral pain

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLON; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 0030566742     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00989-4     Document Type: Article

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