The glutamate synapse: A target in the pharmacological management of hyperalgesic pain states

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 1998, Pages 407-420

  Urban, M O ^a   Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KETAMINE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

DERMATOME; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031763093     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60452-5     Document Type: Review

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