The effect of chronic inflammation on dorsal horn nociceptive neurons in aged rats
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1. Department of Physiology, School of Dentistry, Nihon University, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan 2. Motor and Autonomic Nervous System Integration Research Group, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan 3. Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 1128610, Japan 4. Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Osaka University, Graduate School, Faculty of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan 5. Division of Functional Morphology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan 6. Department of Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu 5202192, Japan 7. Division of Applied System Neuroscience Advanced Medical Research Center, Nihon University Graduate School of Medical Science, 30-1 Ohyaguchi-Kamimachi Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8610 Japan 8. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201 USA
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