The P2X3 subunit: A molecular target in pain therapeutics

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 833-840

  North, R Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonist; ATP; Chronic pain; Neuropathic pain; P2X receptors

Indexed keywords

2',3' O (2,4,6 TRINITROPHENYL)ADENOSINE TRPHOSPHATE; A 317344; A 317491; ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BETA,GAMMA CARBOXYMETHYLENE ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA,GAMMA CHLOROPHOSPHONOMETHYLENE ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CAPSAICIN; CARRAGEENAN; FORMALDEHYDE; ION CHANNEL; MORPHINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ANTAGONIST; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALLODYNIA; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IC 50; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CURRENT; KNOCKOUT GENE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORT; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SKIN SENSATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0142063000     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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