Vigor of visceromotor responses to urinary bladder distension in rats increases with repeated trials and stimulus intensity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 97-100

  Castroman, Pablo ^a   Ness, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Bladder Distension; Nociception; Sensitization; Visceral Pain; Visceromotor

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SENSITIZATION; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOCICEPTORS; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; URINARY BLADDER; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 0035933611     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01886-9     Document Type: Article

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