dorsal horn

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dorsal horn - one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers

dorsal root

afferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve - a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

nervus spinalis, spinal nerve - any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)

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afferent afferent nerve dorsal root nervus spinalis sensory nerve spinal nerve			In the study, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the spinal cords of 15 healthy volunteers, focussing on an area called the dorsal horn, which transmits pain signals coming up through the spinal cord into the pain-related areas in the brain. Placebo effect is all in the spine - not just the mind by Asian News International In a article published in Science, Falk Eippert and colleagues from the University Medical Centre, Hamburg, found those who believed they had received pain relief experienced a dampening of the pain signalling in a region of the spinal cord, the dorsal horn. PAIN researchers said they may [...] by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Slow pain is however transmitted by the slower C fibers to lamina II and III or dorsal horns also known as substantia gelatinosa and neurons take off and join fast pain pathways and move upwards along the anterolateral pathway. Pain Management by ANILBOBAL / Health, general community			Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lynde Dix Dorotheanthus Dorotheanthus bellidiformis Dorothy Dorothy Dix Dorothy Dixer Dorothy Hodgkin Dorothy L. Sayers Dorothy Leigh Sayers Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin Dorothy Parker Dorothy Rothschild Parker Dorothy Sayers dorp Dorpat Dorr Dorrfly Dorrhawk dors- dorsa dorsad dorsal dorsal fin dorsal horn dorsal root dorsal scapular vein dorsal vertebra Dorsal vessel Dorsale Dorsally Dorse Dorsel Dorser Dorset Dorset Down Dorset Horn Dorsey dorsi- dorsibranchiata Dorsibranchiate dorsiferous dorsiflexion dorsigrade Dorsimeson Dorsiparous dorsiventral dorso- dorsolateral dorsoventral			dorsal decubitus position dorsal digital artery dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital expansion dorsal digital nerve dorsal digital nerve of foot dorsal digital vein dorsal digital vein of toe dorsal direction dorsal direction dorsal direction dorsal direction Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate Dorsal Excitatory Type 2 Dorsal External Oblique 1 dorsal fin dorsal fin Dorsal fin ray Dorsal fin ray Dorsal fins Dorsal fins dorsal flexure dorsal flexure dorsal flexure dorsal funiculus dorsal funiculus dorsal funiculus dorsal horn dorsal horn of spinal cord dorsal horn of spinal cord dorsal horn of spinal cord dorsal impaction syndrome dorsal inertia posture Dorsal Intercalated Segment Instability Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament Capsulodesis Dorsal interossei Dorsal interossei muscles (foot) Dorsal interossei muscles (hand) Dorsal interossei of the foot Dorsal interossei of the hand dorsal interosseous muscle of foot dorsal interosseous muscle of hand Dorsal interosseous nerve Dorsal Interosseus dorsal interventricular artery dorsal lateral cutaneous nerve Dorsal Lateral Ganglionic Eminence Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Bodies Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus Dorsal Lateral Premotor Cortex Dorsal Lateral Vestibular Nucleus Dorsal lip Dorsal lip Dorsal lip Dorsal Longitudinal Anastomotic Vessel Dorsal lumbar aponeuroses

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