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Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals

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The anatomic structures and neurophysiologic mechanisms leading to the perception of pain are similar in humans and nonhuman animals.

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Hein, M., Roehl, A.B., Tolba, R.H. (2017). Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals. In: Kiessling, F., Pichler, B., Hauff, P. (eds) Small Animal Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42202-2_7

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