title: Mitochondrial connection in chronic pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8 Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-746, Republic of Korea Tel.: +1 314 747 0416.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhuo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010146:Pain / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
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