Mechanisms of neuropathic pain

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-26

  Bridges, D ^a,b   Thompson, S W N ^c   Rice, A S C ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Novatis Inst for Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuropathic; Pain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLECYSTOKININ B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MOUSE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0034929882     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/87.1.12     Document Type: Article

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