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Abstract
Although many people suffer from orofacial pain and headache, objective methods for investigation of trigeminal nociception in humans have been lacking. Trigeminal brainstem reflexes such as the masseter inhibitory reflex and the blink reflex are mediated by central multireceptive neurons that are also involved in trigeminal nociception. Therefore, these trigeminal reflexes are suitable models for probing pontine and medullary pain processing.Entities:
Year: 2000 PMID: 11390886 DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2000.15.2.94
Source DB: PubMed Journal: News Physiol Sci ISSN: 0886-1714