Speaking out of turn: A role for silent synapses in pain

IUBMB Life

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-256

  Kerchner, Geoffrey A ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Zhuo, Min ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Glutamate receptors; Hyperalgesia; Nociception; Silent synapse; Spinal cord; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

HYPERALGESIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032723918     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165499306928     Document Type: Review

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