The role of the anteriolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in stressinduced nociception

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Tran, Lee ^a   Wiskur, Brandt ^a   van Meerveld, Beverley Greenwood ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Corticosterone; Corticotrophin releasing factor; Pain

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; CP 376395; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; STIMULATION; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; VISCERA; VISCERAL PAIN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COLON; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 84861913371     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00501.2011     Document Type: Article

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