Sex steroids localized to the amygdala increase pain responses to visceral stimulation in rats

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 486-494

  Myers, Brent ^a,c   Schulkin, Jay ^d,e,f   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

estradiol; Irritable bowel syndrome; progesterone; somatic pain; visceral pain

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE PLUS PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; VISCERAL PAIN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COLON; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISCERA;

EID: 79953267328     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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