Endogenous NO-synthase is effective as a modulator of spinal thermosensitive neurons.

Ann N Y Acad Sci

Max-Planck-Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, W.G. Kerckhoff-Institute, Bad Nauheim, Germany.

Published: March 1997

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