The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 426-435 , April 2009

Contribution of the Periaqueductal Gray to the Suppression of Pain Affect Produced by Administration of Morphine Into the Intralaminar Thalamus of Rat

Received 26 August 2008 ,Revised 17 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.10.011

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 426-435 , April 2009

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