The pharmacology of gastrointestinal nociceptive pathways

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 642-649

  Blackshaw, L A ^a   Gebhart, G F ^b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CELL RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; FEDOTOZINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MEMANTINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN INHIBITOR; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSTIPATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG TARGETING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; INFLAMMATION; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NOCICEPTORS;

EID: 0036902286     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(02)00211-4     Document Type: Review

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