Morphine and clonidine synergize to ameliorate low back pain in mice

Pain Research and Treatment

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tajerian, Maral ^a,b,c   Millecamps, Magali ^a,b   Stone, Laura S ^a,b,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84873101618     PISSN: 20901542     EISSN: 20901550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/150842     Document Type: Article

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