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The Parabrachial Nucleus as a Key Regulator of Neuropathic Pain

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This Research Highlight was supported by Duke University Anesthesiology Research Funds and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31771162).

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Translational Pain Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Zilong Wang

  2. SUSTech Center for Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Zilong Wang

  3. Department of Neurobiology and Department of Anesthesiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China

    Zhen-Zhong Xu

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Wang, Z., Xu, ZZ. The Parabrachial Nucleus as a Key Regulator of Neuropathic Pain. Neurosci. Bull. 37, 1079–1081 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-021-00676-x

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