The mechanisms of action of gabapentin and pregabalin

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 108-113

  Sills, Graeme J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BATRACHOTOXIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANINE; PREGABALIN; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; VALINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 30844440069     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2005.11.003     Document Type: Review

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