Imbalance between sympathetic and sensory innervation in peritoneal endometriosis

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-141

  Arnold, Julia ^a   Barcena de Arellano, Maria L ^a   Rüster, Carola ^a   Vercellino, Giuseppe F ^a   Chiantera, Vito ^a   Schneider, Achim ^a   Mechsner, Sylvia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; IL 1 ; Immune cell infiltrates; Inflammation; Neurotransmitters; NGF; Pain generation of endometriosis related symptoms; Sensory and sympathetic innervation

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GAP-43 PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; SUBSTANCE P; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355146763     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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