Effects of urinary bladder distension on activity of T3-T4 spinal neurons receiving cardiac and somatic noxious inputs in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 971, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-220

  Qin, Chao ^a   Chandler, Margaret J ^a   Foreman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac afferent; Somatic input; Thoracic spinal cord; Urinary bladder input

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BRADYKININ; HISTAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER DISTENSION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HEART STIMULATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037427383     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02362-X     Document Type: Article

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