Modulation of spinal pain mechanisms by spinal cord stimulation and the potential role of adjuvant pharmacotherapy

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Meyerson, Björn A ^a,c   Cui, Jian Guo ^a   Yakhnits, Vadim ^a   Sollevi, Alf ^a   Segerdahl, Märta ^a   Stiller, Carl Olav ^a   O'Connor, William T ^b   Linderoth, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Aspartate; Baclofen; GABA; Glutamate; Neuropathic pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 5 AMINOVALERIC ACID; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; ASPARTIC ACID; BACLOFEN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYLISOPROPYLADENOSINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SPINAL CORD; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031402246     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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