Three decades of pain research and its control

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 730-733

  Dubner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RESEARCH;

EID: 0031089091     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345970760030401     Document Type: Article

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