The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in wind-up: A mathematical model

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-205

  Britton, N F ^a,b   Chaplain, M A J ^a,b   Skevington, Suzanne M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Mathematical Sciences

^c School of Social Sciences

Author keywords

Acute pain; Mathematical modelling; NMDA receptors; Wind up

Indexed keywords

SPHENISCIDAE;

FEEDBACK;

ACUTE PAIN; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; EXPERIMENTAL SET UP; GATE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIDBRAIN; N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR; ORIGINAL MODEL; SPINAL-CORD; WIND-UP;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL;

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; PAIN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

EID: 0030236572     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb13.3.193     Document Type: Article

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