Spinal cord processing of cardiac nociception: Are there sex differences between male and proestrous female rats?

Brain Research

Volumn 1413, Issue , 2011, Pages 24-31

  Little, Janine M ^a   Qin, Chao ^a   Farber, Jay P ^a   Foreman, Robert D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Estradiol; Rat; Sex difference; Spinal cord; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART STIMULATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THORAX PAIN;

ANIMALS; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN, REFERRED; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

ANGINA; RATTUS;

EID: 80052494047     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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