Mode of action of gabapentin in chronic neuropathic pain syndromes: A short review about its cellular mechanisms in nociceptive neurotransmission

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 583-586

  Surges, Rainer ^a   Feuerstein, Thomas J ^a  

^a Neurozentrum University Hospital Freiburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antinociception; CAS 60142 96 3; Gabapentin, pharmacodynamics; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; VERTIGO;

EID: 0036354362     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299934     Document Type: Review

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