Inflammation-mediated hyperexcitability of sensory neurons

NeuroSignals

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 147-157

  Gold, Michael S ^a,b   Flake, Natasha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroplasticity; Second messenger pathway; Target of innervation

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXCITABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNERVATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TISSUE INJURY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HORMONES; INFLAMMATION; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 26244436792     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087653     Document Type: Review

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