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Amygdala-prefrontal pathways and the dopamine system affect nociceptive responses in the prefrontal cortex

BACKGROUND: We previously demonstrated nociceptive discharges to be evoked by mechanical noxious stimulation in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The nociceptive responses recorded in the PFC are conceivably involved in the affective rather than the sensory-discriminative dimension of pain. The PFC recei...

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Autores principales: Onozawa, Kitaro, Yagasaki, Yuki, Izawa, Yumi, Abe, Hiroyuki, Kawakami, Yoriko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22085449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-12-115