Descending controls: insurance against pain?

Pain. 2011 Dec;152(12):2677-2678. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.003. Epub 2011 Aug 15.

Authors

Anthony H Dickenson¹, Ralf Baron

Affiliation

¹ Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK Sektion Neurologische Schmerzforschung und Therapie, Klinik für Neurologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Schittenhelmstr. 10, 24105 Kiel, Germany.

PMID: 21840645
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Chronic Pain / physiopathology*
Medulla Oblongata / physiology*
Neural Inhibition / physiology*
Neuralgia / physiopathology*
Pain Threshold / physiology*
Spinal Cord / physiology*

Grants and funding

19444/BHF_/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom