Behavioral confirmation of “diffuse noxious inhibitory controls” (DNIC) and evidence for a role of endogenous opiates

Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC). I. Effects on dorsal horn convergent neurones in the rat

Daniel Le Bars, Anthony H. Dickenson, Jean‐Marie Besson · Pain · 1979 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +15

Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC). II. Lack of effect on non-convergent neurones, supraspinal involvement and theoretical implications

Daniel Le Bars, Anthony H. Dickenson, Jean‐Marie Besson · Pain · 1979 · 775 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

A Method for Evaluating both Non-Narcotic and Narcotic Analgesics

Estelle A. Siegmund, R. Cadmus, Gongxuan Lü · Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1957 · 493 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology +13

Behavioral and physiological studies of non-narcotic analgesia in the rat elicited by certain environmental stimuli

Ronald L. Hayes, Gary J. Bennett, Pauline G. Newlon et al. · Brain Research · 1978 · 416 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology +12

Role of the nucleus raphe magnus in opiate analgesia as studied by the microinjection technique in the rat

Anthony H. Dickenson, Jean-Louis Olivéras, Jean‐Marie Besson · Brain Research · 1979 · 258 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +14