The changing sensitivity in the life of the nociceptor

Pain

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL.1, 1999, Pages

  Koltzenburg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nervous system; Nocicpetor; Plasticity; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; CHRONIC PAIN; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; CATECHOLAMINE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

EID: 0033174737     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00142-6     Document Type: Article

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