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来自GABA介导的大脑皮层调节的止痛和高止痛

Luc Jasmin1, Samuel D Rabkin, Alberto Granato

  • 1Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0452, USA. ucpain@itsa.ucsf.edu

Nature
|July 18, 2003
PubMed
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在正面农岛皮层 (RAIC) 中,玛-氨基黄油酸 (GABA) 神经传递的变化可以调节疼痛感知. 在RAIC中增强GABA会导致疼痛缓解,而激活特定的GABA受体会导致过敏缓解.

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