Anna P Malykhina

Abdominal and pelvic pain often originates from one or more visceral organs of the gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal (pelvic floor), urinary, or reproductive systems. Over the past decade, research efforts on abdominal and pelvic pain have …

Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) are essential for transmitting sensory information from visceral organs to the central nervous system. Sensory neuronal hyperactivity and glial reactivity have been reported in DRG in animal models of chronic pain,…

Visceral organ "cross talk" is suspected to contribute to multiorgan symptomatology found in conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis. The goal of the present study was to investigate the short- and long-term ef…