Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Control (DNIC) as a tool for exploring dysfunction of endogenous pain modulatory systems

Pain

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-162

  Villanueva, Luis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 67349212883     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.03.003     Document Type: Editorial

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