Estrogen receptor β activation is antinociceptive in a model of visceral pain in the rat

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 685-694

  Cao, Dong Yuan ^a   Ji, Yaping ^a   Tang, Bin ^a   Traub, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal distention; ER agonist; estrogen receptor; gonadal hormone; spinal cord; Visceral pain; visceromotor response

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAY 200070;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; NITRILES; NOCICEPTION; OXAZOLES; PHENOLS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROPIONATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 84862994134     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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