Mechanisms of trigeminal and occipital pain

Pain Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-116

  Sessle, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; MODULATION; NOCICEPTION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; REVIEW; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

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