Central pain: An overview

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 97-103

  Devulder, Jacques ^a   Crombez, Erwin ^a   Mortier, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Central pain; Drug testing; Intrathecal drugs; Neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; ALFENTANIL; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; FLUPIRTINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; PROSTANOID; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; TOPIRAMATE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0036400362     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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