ABEM Pain Medicine Practice Questions - Pain Medicine Subspecialty Certification (ABA-administered, ABEM ABPMR ABPN) Exam

The descending pain modulation system originates primarily in which brainstem region?

Periaqueductal gray (PAG) and rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) Substantia nigra Nucleus tractus solitarius Locus coeruleus only

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Periaqueductal gray (PAG) and rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM)

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