Introducing descending control of nociception: a measure of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in conscious animals

^aPharmacology and Therapeutics Department,Central Modulation of Pain, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

^bDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP), Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

^cDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

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K. Bannister and M.W. Kucharczyk are joint first authors.