Can patients with chronic neuropathic pain be cured by acute administration of the NMDA receptor antagonist amantadine?

Pain

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 337-339

  Eisenberg, Elon ^a,c   Pud, Dorit ^b,c  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

'wind up' phenomenon; Amantadine; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AMANTADINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0031891579     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00198-X     Document Type: Article

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