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Last updated: Thu, Nov 21, 2024
This section first describes how neurons within the spine form circuits that actively process information that arrives from sensory nerves. Next, the section describes how the neurons within the spine are organized to process and transmit information toward the brain. Finally, the section describes how spinal processing creates a number of basic reflexes, and how the spine manages its own sensitivity.
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Neural Circuits (Last updated: Tue, Nov 19, 2024)
Organization of the Spinal Cord (Last updated: Fri, Jul 26, 2024)
Pain Processing in the Spine (Last updated: Wed, Jun 21, 2017)
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Pain Phenomena of the Spine and Periphery (Last updated: Wed, Jul 5, 2017)