Wind-up and the NMDA receptor complex from a clinical perspective

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-15

  Eide, Per K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

NMDA receptors; Pain; Temporal summation of pain; Wind up

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0034013176     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eujp.1999.0154     Document Type: Review

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