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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2012; 18(3): 225-236
Published online Jan 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i3.225
Published online Jan 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i3.225
Stress-induced visceral analgesia assessed non-invasively in rats is enhanced by prebiotic diet
Muriel Larauche, Pu-Qing Yuan, Yvette Taché, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, United States
Agata Mulak, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
Osamu Kanauchi, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga and Central Laboratories for Frontier Technology, Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd., 1-13-5, Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan
Author contributions: Larauche M designed experiments, carried out research, analyzed data, and prepared the manuscript; Mulak A carried out research, analyzed data, and prepared the manuscript; Yuan PQ analyzed data; Kanauchi O designed experiments, and analyzed data; Taché Y designed experiments, evaluated data and prepared the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by Central Labs for Frontier Technology Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd Japan and the National Institute of Health grants, P50 DK-64539 (to Taché Y and Larauche M), Center Grant DK-41301 (Animal Core, to Yvette Taché), R01 DK-33061 (to Yvette Taché); and Veterans Administration Research Career Scientist Award
Correspondence to: Dr. Muriel Larauche, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, CURE Building 115, Room 111, Los Angeles, CA 90073, United States. mlarauche@mednet.ucla.edu
Telephone: +1-310-4783711-41827 Fax: +1-310-2684963
Received: May 15, 2011
Revised: July 6, 2011
Accepted: October 27, 2011
Published online: January 21, 2012
Revised: July 6, 2011
Accepted: October 27, 2011
Published online: January 21, 2012
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