Estrous changes in vaginal nociception in a rat model of endometriosis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-131

  Cason, Angie M ^a   Samuelsen, Chad L ^a   Berkley, Karen J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Estrogen; Fertility; Psychophysics; Referred pain; Urogenital health; Uterus; Visceral nociception

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; METESTRUS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT;

EID: 0042233922     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00121-1     Document Type: Article

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