Reflexes in sympathetic vasoconstrictor neurones arising from urinary bladder afferents are not amplified early after inflammation in the anaesthetised cat

Pain

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-257

  Habler H J ^a,b   Janig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BONN RHEIN SIEG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central sensitisation; Hyperalgesia; Sympathetic reflexes; Urinary bladder; Visceral afferents; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; TURPENTINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DISTENSION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

EID: 0037312238     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00329-9     Document Type: Article

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