Chapter 12 Investigation of brainstem: descending pain modulation in animals and humans

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 58, Issue C, 2006, Pages 134-149

  Bouhassira, Didier ^a   Danziger, Nicolas ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 33744489594     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70065-0     Document Type: Article

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