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S Chinapen1, J M Swann, J L Steinman, B R Komisaruk.
Abstract
The pattern of vaginocervical stimulation-evoked expression of the proto-oncogene c-fos in lumbar 5-sacral 1 segments of the spinal cord of ovariectomized adult rats was mapped using immunocytochemistry. A calibrated force of mechanostimulation was applied to the vaginal cervix of experimental animals and to the perineum of control animals while they were gently restrained. The number of cells expressing c-fos was significantly greater in the experimental than the control animals in laminae I, IV, V-VI and X. The implications of the present findings for elucidating the spinal pathways mediating the various behavioral, neuroendocrine and autonomic effects of vaginocervical stimulation (VS) are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1461575 DOI： 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90211-o
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN： 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046