Sex differences in the activation of the spinoparabrachial circuit by visceral pain

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Murphy, Anne Z ^a   Suckow, Shelby K ^a   Johns, Malcolm ^a   Traub, Richard J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal distension; Morphine; Mu opioid receptor; Opiates; Parabrachial nucleus

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS; RADIOLIGAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; COLON; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRITIUM;

EID: 64549098614     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.02.037     Document Type: Article

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