Table 5.

The top 10 co-cited references on the research of visceral pain.

Rank	Title	Author	Year	DOI	Co-citation
1	Colorectal distension as a noxious visceral stimulus: physiologic and pharmacologic characterization of pseudaffective reflexes in the rat	Ness TJ and Gebhart GF	1988	10.1016/0006-8,993(88)91555-7	322
2	Altered rectal perception is a biological marker of patients with irritable bowel syndrome	Mertz H et al.	1995	10.1016/0016-5,085(95)90267-8	265
3	Basic and clinical aspects of visceral hyperalgesia	Mayer EA, and Gebhart GF	1994	10.1016/0016-5,085(94)90086-8	245
4	A new model of chronic visceral hypersensitivity in adult rats induced by colon irritation during postnatal development	Al-Chaer ED et al.	2000	10.1053/gast.2000.19576	241
5	Visceral pain: a review of experimental studies	Ness TJ and Gebhart GF	1990	10.1016/0304-3,959(90)90021-5	234
6	Pain from distension of the pelvic colon by inflating a balloon in the irritable colon syndrome	Ritchie J	1973	10.1136/gut.14.2.125	193
7	Functional bowel disorders	Longstreth GF et al	2006	10.1053/j.gastro.2005.11.061	190
8	Ethical guidelines for investigations of experimental pain in conscious animals	Zimmermann M	1983	10.1016/0304-3,959(83)90201-4	154
9	Tolerance for rectosigmoid distention in irritable bowel syndrome	Whitehead, WE et al.	1990	10.1016/0016-5,085(90)90332-u	152
10	Activated mast cells in proximity to colonic nerves correlate with abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome	Barbara G et al.	2004	10.1053/j.gastro.2003.11.055	149