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Acute Pain Modulation in the Central Nervous System: A Chronological Review

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The objective of this presentation is to trace a short historical and philosophical chronology on the neuronal and neurochemical systems that, in the spinal cord and in the brain, modulate the nociceptive information caused by an algogenic stimulus.

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Tiengo, M., Benedetti, C. (1996). Acute Pain Modulation in the Central Nervous System: A Chronological Review. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2203-4_2

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