Sex-differential modulation of visceral pain by brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 478, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 184-187

  Li, Fang ^a,b   Zhang, Jian Wei ^b   Wei, Rong ^b   Luo, Xue Gang ^b   Zhang, Jian Yi ^b   Zhou, Xin Fu ^c   Li, Chang Qi ^b   Dai, Ru Ping ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; BDNF; Gender difference; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBODY; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VISCERAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TOXICITY; VISCERA;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACETIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; VISCERA;

EID: 77953684838     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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