1. Genital Sensory Field: Enlargement by Estrogen Treatment in Female Rats
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Barry R. Komisaruk, John L. Hutchison, and Norman T. Adler
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Sensory Receptor Cells ,medicine.drug_class ,Pudendal nerve ,Sensation ,Action Potentials ,Rectum ,Sensory system ,Cervix Uteri ,Perineum ,Caudal abdomen ,Clitoris ,Pelvis ,Physical Stimulation ,Internal medicine ,Neural Pathways ,Animals ,Medicine ,Premovement neuronal activity ,Sex organ ,Castration ,Multidisciplinary ,Estradiol ,business.industry ,Anatomy ,Rats ,body regions ,Endocrinology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Estrogen ,Female ,business - Abstract
Recordings of neuronal activity in the pudendal, genitofemoral, and pelvic nerves indicate that the sensory fields of these three nerves are the perineum, the caudal abdomen, and the vagino-cervical area and rectum, respectively. The sensory field of the pudendal nerve was significantly larger in estrogen-treated ovariectomized female rats than in uninjected controls. This effect of estrogen was not mediated by pudendal efferents.
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- 1972
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