The ascending pathway, which transmits sensations of pain to the brain, is regulated by neurons that descend from the brainstem – the descending pathway.1 These noradrenergic and serotonergic neurons downregulate the activity of neurons of the dorsal horn, thereby modulating the feeling of pain.1
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