The sensory innervation of the colon and its modulation

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-20

  Sengupta, J N ^a   Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

3 [1 (3,4 DICHLORO N METHYLPHENYLACETAMIDO) 2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)ETHYL]PHENOXYACETIC ACID; 3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; ADENOSINE; ASIMADOLINE; BRADYKININ ANTAGONIST; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; FEDOTOZINE; FENTANYL; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MORPHINE; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SOMATOSTATIN; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLON; DIURESIS; DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOSIS; RECTUM; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 0031985065     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-199801000-00004     Document Type: Review

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