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Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 109-121 , April 1988

Stimulation-produced analgesia (SPA) from brain-stem and diencephalic sites in the rat: Relationships between analgesia, aversion, seizures and catalepsy

  • Michael J. Morgan

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. M.J. Morgan, Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Que. H3A 1B1, Canada.
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  • Keith B.J. Franklin

Received 1 July 1987 ,Revised 5 October 1987 ,Accepted 9 November 1987.

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