Do consistent relationships between sensory properties of savory snack foods and calories influence food intake in rats?
Consumption of foods in which the sensory properties are poor predictors of caloric consequences may alter subsequent food intake.
Injury of nerves innervating somatic structures enhances nociception from stimulation of viscera with convergent input from nearby dermatomes, suggesting that somatic neuropathic pain could be accompanied by an increased likelihood of visceral pain. Lack of efficacy of the antidepressant milnacipran against visceral stimuli suggests that visceral hypersensitivity may not share the same pharmacology of inhibition as somatic hypersensitivity after nerve injury.