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Altered primary afferent anatomy and reduced thermal sensitivity in mice lacking galectin-1

  • J. McGraw

      Affiliations

    • ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • A.D. Gaudet

      Affiliations

    • ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • L.W. Oschipok

      Affiliations

    • ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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  • J.D. Steeves

      Affiliations

    • ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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  • F. Poirier

      Affiliations

    • Departement de Biologie du Developpement, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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  • W. Tetzlaff

      Affiliations

    • ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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  • M.S. Ramer

      Affiliations

    • ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +604 822 4956; fax: +604 827 5169.

Received 3 September 2004 ,Revised 6 October 2004 ,Accepted 18 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.10.009

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