Developmental Neurobiology of Pain in Neonatal Rats

Lab Animal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 27-39

  Narsinghani, Umesh ^a   Anand, K J S ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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