The Role of the Periaqueductal Gray in the Modulation of Pain in Males and Females: Are the Anatomy and Physiology Really that Different?

Anatomical and physiological studies conducted in the 1960s identified the periaqueductal gray (PAG) and its descending projections to the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) and spinal cord dorsal horn, as a primary anatomical pathway mediating opioid-based analgesia. Since these initial studies, th...

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Autores principales: Loyd, Dayna R., Murphy, Anne Z.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19197373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/462879

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19197373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/462879

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