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Adenosine A3 Receptor Agonists: Do Recent Findings Offer New Hope in Chronic Pain Treatment?

Parisa Gazerani1 Center for Sensory–Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D3, DK-9220Aalborg East, Denmark;2 Laboratory for Cancer Biology, Biomedicine Group, Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 3B, DK-9220Aalborg East, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Brian Edwin Cairns1 Center for Sensory–Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D3, DK-9220Aalborg East, Denmark;3 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2405 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BCV6T 1Z3, CanadaView further author information
Pages 75-80 | Published online: 25 Mar 2015

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