Estrous variations in behavioral responses to vaginal and uterine distention in the rat

Pain

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-197

  Bradshaw, Heather B ^a   Temple, Jennifer L ^a   Wood, Elizabeth ^a   Berkley, Karen J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Hormones; Pain; Pelvic organs; Reproduction; Viscera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; METESTRUS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION AND REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; UTERUS HORN; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; DIESTRUS; ESCAPE REACTION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; METESTRUS; MUSCLE TONUS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; PROESTRUS; RATS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0032980880     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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