Amygdala activation by corticosterone alters visceral and somatic pain in cycling female rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Gustafsson, Jenny K ^b   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Irritable bowel syndrome; Ovarian hormones; Somatic sensitivity; Visceral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLON; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79957969679     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00349.2010     Document Type: Article

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