Pain

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 328-332

  Wood, John N ^a   Perl, Edward R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ A; SUBSTANCE P;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033152634     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80049-5     Document Type: Article

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