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NK1 receptor-expressing spinoparabrachial neurons trigger diffuse noxious inhibitory controls through lateral parabrachial activation in the male rat

  • Olivier Lapirot

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U929, Neurobiologie de la douleur trigéminale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Univ Clermont1, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France
    • ,
  • Raja Chebbi

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U929, Neurobiologie de la douleur trigéminale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Faculté médecine dentaire, Monastir, Tunisia
    • ,
  • Lénaic Monconduit

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U929, Neurobiologie de la douleur trigéminale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Univ Clermont1, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France
    • ,
  • Alain Artola

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U929, Neurobiologie de la douleur trigéminale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Univ Clermont1, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France
    • ,
  • Radhouane Dallel

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U929, Neurobiologie de la douleur trigéminale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Univ Clermont1, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France
    • CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Inserm U929, Neurobiologie de la douleur trigéminale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Tel.: +33 4 73 17 73 13; fax: +33 4 73 17 73 06.
    • ,
  • Philippe Luccarini

      Affiliations

    • Inserm U929, Neurobiologie de la douleur trigéminale, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Univ Clermont1, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France

Received 13 October 2008 ,Revised 8 January 2009 ,Accepted 13 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.01.015

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