Pain circuit Chen et al (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Pain circuit Chen et al

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A cross section of a mouse brain showing neurons involved in chronic pain (yellow) and acute pain (red) that project into the spinal cord from the rostral ventromedial medulla. Other neurons are shown in blue.

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Courtesy Xiaoke Chen/Stanford University

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