Changes in rat brainstem responsiveness to somatovisceral inputs following acute bladder irritation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-357

  Kaddumi, Ezidin G ^a   Hubscher, Charles H ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Urethra; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER IRRITATION; BRAIN STEM; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; STIMULATION; VISCERAL PAIN;

ACETIC ACID; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IRRITANTS; MALE; PENIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; URETHANE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33846446100     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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