Immunology - Telling the brain about pain

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Bartfai, T [1 ]
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[1] Scripps Res Inst, Neurol Res Ctr, Dept Neuropharmacol, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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10.1038/35068663
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Injury to one part of the body often results in hypersensitivity to pain somewhere else. Unusually, this process seems to be coordinated by the brain in a way that does not involve the transmission of nerve impulses.
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