Probing and modulating brain circuits by deep brain stimulation

Backgrounds. The periaqueductal grey(PAG) plays an important role in the descending pain modulation systems, which has been known to inhibit incoming nociceptive signals at the level of the spinal dorsal horn. But pain mechanism involves the brain and the spinal cord to maintain homeostasis, so theo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wu, Dali
Other Authors: Aziz, Tipu
Published: University of Oxford 2015
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730531