title: Are we getting anywhere in human pain genetics?
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychology and Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada H3A 1B1.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mogil
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005823:Genetics / Q000639:trends*; D023281:Genomics; D010146:Pain / Q000235:genetics*; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D004247:DNA
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