Rostral Ventral Medulla Modulation of the Visceromotor Reflex Evoked by Urinary Bladder Distension in Female Rats

Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 920-926

  Randich, Alan ^a   Mebane, Hannah ^a   DeBerry, Jennifer J ^a   Ness, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; inhibition; pain; rostral ventromedial medulla; visceromotor reflex

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CYSTALGIA; CYSTITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFLEX; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; VISCEROMOTOR REFLEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; URINARY BLADDER; VISCERA; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 52149123505     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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