c-Fos expression as endogenous marker of lumbosacral spinal neuron activity in response to vaginocervical-stimulation

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Ghanima, A ^a   Bennis, M ^b   Rampin, O ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Fos; Lumbosacral spinal cord; Rat; Vaginocervical stimulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX ARC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STIMULATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0036180135     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(01)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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