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Diffuse noxious inhibitory control

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Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Controls (DNIC) refers to an endogenous pain modulatory pathway which has often been described as "pain inhibits pain". [1] It occurs when response from a painful stimulus is inhibited by another, often spatially distant, noxious stimulus. This mechanism forms the basis for the use of counterstimulation to reduce pain.

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  1. ^ D. Le Bars, A.H. Dickenson and J.M. Besson (1979). "Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC). Effects on dorsal horn convergent neurones in the rat". Pain. 6: 283–304.
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