Chronic estrogen sensitizes a subset of mechanosensitive afferents innervating the uterine cervix

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2167-2173

  Liu, Baogang ^a   Eisenach, James C ^a   Tong, Chuanyao ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 15544372525     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01012.2004     Document Type: Article

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