Descending modulation in persistent pain: An update

Pain

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Ren, Ke ^a   Dubner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IBOTENIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NALOXONE; NEUROTENSIN; OPIATE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN FOS; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SERINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HEALING; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036844495     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00368-8     Document Type: Review

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