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spellingShingle Guo, Wei, Robbins, Meredith T., Wei, Feng, Zou, Shiping, Dubner, Ronald, Ren, Ke, The Journal of Neuroscience, Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation, General Neuroscience
title Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation
title_full Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation
title_fullStr Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation
title_full_unstemmed Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation
title_short Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation
title_sort supraspinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling: a novel mechanism for descending pain facilitation
title_unstemmed Supraspinal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: A Novel Mechanism for Descending Pain Facilitation
topic General Neuroscience
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