Changes in visceral pain reactivity as a function of estrous cycle in female rats with artificial ureteral calculosis

Brain Research

Volumn 774, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 234-238

  Giamberardino, Maria Adele ^a   Affaitati, Giannapia ^a   Valente, Rita ^a   Iezzi, Sabina ^a   Vecchiet, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial ureteral calculosis; Estrus; Pain related behavior; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; URETER STONE; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 0031558646     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)81711-8     Document Type: Article

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