Sex differences in functional brain activation during noxious visceral stimulation in rats

Pain

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 120-128

  Wang, Zhuo ^a,c,e   Guo, Yumei ^e   Bradesi, Sylvie ^a,c   Labus, Jennifer S ^a   Maarek, Jean Michel I ^d   Lee, Kevin ^g   Winchester, Wendy J ^g   Mayer, Emeran A ^a,b,c   Holschneider, Daniel P ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d GlaxoSmithKline ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Cerebral blood flow; Colorectal distension; Sex difference; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPYRINE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBON ISOTOPES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTROUS CYCLE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISCERA; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 69049098023     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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