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Heritability of nociception I: responses of 11 inbred mouse strains on 12 measures of nociception.
Pain - 1 Mar 1999
Mogil J S, Wilson S G, Bon K, Lee S E, Chung K, Raber P, Pieper J O, Hain H S, Belknap J K, Hubert L, Elmer G I, Chung J M, Devor M
Abstract excerpt
It is generally acknowledged that humans display highly variable sensitivity to pain, including variable responses to identical injuries or pathologies. The possible contribution of genetic factors has, however, been largely overlooked. An emerging rodent literature documents the importance of genotype in mediating basal nociceptive sensitivity, in establishing a predisposition to neuropathic pain following...
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