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Centralization of noxious stimulus-induced analgesia (NSIA) is related to activity at inhibitory synapses in the spinal cord

  • Claudia H. Tambeli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, NIH Pain Center (UCSF), University of California at San Francisco, Rm C-522, Box 0440, San Francisco, CA 94143-0440, USA
    • Faculty of Dentistry of Piracicaba, University of Campinas, Brazil
    • ,
  • Jon D. Levine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, NIH Pain Center (UCSF), University of California at San Francisco, Rm C-522, Box 0440, San Francisco, CA 94143-0440, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    • ,
  • Robert W. Gear

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, NIH Pain Center (UCSF), University of California at San Francisco, Rm C-522, Box 0440, San Francisco, CA 94143-0440, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 415 476 4902; fax: +1 415 476 6305.

Received 21 November 2008 ,Revised 3 February 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.03.005

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