Viscerosomatic convergence onto feline spinal neurons from esophagus, heart and somatic fields: effects of inflammation

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One objective of this study was to examine a mechanism for the inability of patients to distinguish esophageal pain from cardiac pain. Patients with esophageal disease and angina pectoris often perceive pain as originating from the same somatic fields. Another objective was to compare the effect of esophageal distension between animals with a non-inflamed or with an inflamed esophagus. For this study in...

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