Changes in pain threshold during the reproductive cycle of the female rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 543-547

  Cruz, Yolanda ^a   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a   Manzo, Jorge ^b   Hudson, Robyn ^c   Pacheco, Pablo ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female rat; Lactation; Mating; Pain threshold; Pregnancy; Tail flick test; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; LACTATION; MATING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 17144438165     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02103-5     Document Type: Article

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