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Review
. 2016 Oct;157(10):2148-2151.
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000568.

What the brain tells the spinal cord

Kirsty Bannister  1 , Anthony H Dickenson
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Review

What the brain tells the spinal cord

Kirsty Bannister et al. Pain. 2016 Oct.
No abstract available

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