The analgesic effects of the GABAB receptor agonist, baclofen, in a rodent model of functional dyspepsia

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-

  Liu, L S ^a   Shenoy, M ^a   Pasricha, P J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Fos; Functional dyspepsia; Nerve afferent; Visceral pain; Visceromotor

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; IODOACETAMIDE; PROTEIN FOS; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STOMACH DISTENSION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISCERAL PROLAPSE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; METABOLISM; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSPEPSIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79954588926     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01649.x     Document Type: Article

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