The Role of Cannabinoid Receptors in the Descending Modulation of Pain
The endogenous antinociceptive descending pathway represents a circuitry of the supraspinal central nervous system whose task is to counteract pain. It includes the periaqueductal grey (PAG)-rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM)-dorsal horn (DH) axis, which is the best characterized pain modulation sys...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Pharmaceuticals |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/3/8/2661/ |