Noradrenergic input to nociceptive modul
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Meng, X-W.; Budra, B.; Skinner, K.; Ohara, P.T.; Fields, H.L.
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Within the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), there are two classes of putative pain modulation neurons: ON cells and OFF cells, which respectively burst or pause prior to withdrawal reflexes elicited by noxious stimulation. Alpha-adrenergic agonists injected into the RVM produce changes in the lat