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Associations between polymorphisms in dopamine neurotransmitter pathway genes and pain response in healthy humans.
Pain - 15 Dec 2009
Treister Roi, Pud Dorit, Ebstein Richard P, Laiba Efrat, Gershon Edith, Haddad May, Eisenberg Elon
Abstract excerpt
Although evidence shows that several dopamine neurotransmission pathway genes are associated with specific clinical pain syndromes, such as fibromyalgia, chronic headache, and postoperative pain, the exact role of dopamine in pain processing is not fully understood. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between functional polymorphisms in dopaminergic candidate genes and sensitivity to pain in...
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