Acute neurosteroids inhibit the spinal reflex potentiation via GABAergic neurotransmission

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Junn Liang ^a,b   Peng, Hsien Yu ^c,d   Wu, Hsi Chin ^c,e   Lu, Hsiao Ting ^b,e   Pan, Shwu Fen ^b   Chen, Mei Jung ^b   Lin, Tzer Bin ^c,d,f  

^a TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypergesia; Progesterone; Spinal cord; Urethra; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA,5ALPHA TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALLOPREGNALONONE; BICUCULLINE; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIMULATION; SPINAL REFLEX;

EID: 77953821187     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00632.2009     Document Type: Article

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