Functional anatomy of spinofugal nociceptive pathways

Pain Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Lima, Deolinda ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

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HUMAN; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

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