Differential involvement of amygdala corticosteroid receptors in visceral hyperalgesia following acute or repeated stress

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Myers, Brent ^a,b   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a,b  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rat

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; WATER;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SYMPTOM; THYMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COLON; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SPIRONOLACTONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855306474     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00353.2011     Document Type: Article

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