A Study of Pro- and Anti-Nociceptive Factors In A Model of Colitis-Associated Visceral Pain

Chronic abdominal pain is a major cause of patient morbidity in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). A balance of pro- and anti-nociceptive factors regulating colonic dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, which synapse onto second order dorsal horn neurons, are known to regulate chronic pain but the mec...

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Main Author: Benson, JESSICA
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
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Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7446