The Journal of Pain
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 194-204 , February 2011

Does Chronic Pain Alter the Normal Interaction Between Cardiovascular and Pain Regulatory Systems? Pain Modulation in the Hypertensive-Monoarthritic Rat

  • Dora Pinho

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Manuela Morato

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • REQUIMTE/Dept. Farmacologia, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Marta R. Couto

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • José Marques-Lopes

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Isaura Tavares

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Histologia e Embriologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • António Albino-Teixeira

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to António Albino-Teixeira, Instituto de Farmacologia e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.

Received 1 March 2010 ,Revised 23 April 2010 ,Accepted 24 June 2010.

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 Supported by the project POCTI/NSE/45409/2002 of FCT.

PII: S1526-5900(10)00583-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.06.009

The Journal of Pain
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 194-204 , February 2011

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