The effects of stages of the estrous cycle on pain thresholds in female white rats

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-272

  Vinogradova, E P ^a   Zhukov, D A ^b   Batuev, A S ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electrical pain thresholds; Estrous cycles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIESTRUS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROESTRUS; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038079320     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022155432262     Document Type: Article

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