The role of voltage-gated sodium channels in neuropathic pain

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-297

  Lai, Josephine ^a   Hunter, John C ^b   Porreca, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

CHANNEL GATING; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0037707390     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00074-6     Document Type: Review

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