Nociceptive Neurons Repelled by Dorsomedial Spinal Cord (IMAGE)

RIKEN

Nociceptive Neurons Repelled by Dorsomedial Spinal Cord

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Nociceptive (pain-sensing) neurons are repelled by explanted dorsomedial spinal cord (left), but are not repelled by dorsolateral spinal cord (right). Not shown: neither explant repelled axons from proprioceptive (position-sensing) neurons.

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