Assessment of colon sensitivity by luminal distension in mice

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2624-2631

  Christianson, Julie A ^a   Gebhart, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; COLON; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; COLON; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 38449098650     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.392     Document Type: Article

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