Altered neuronal-glial signaling in glutamatergic transmission as a unifying mechanism in chronic pain and mental fatigue

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 989-996

  Hansson, Elisabeth ^a   Rönnbäck, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Chronic pain; Concentration capacity; Glutamate; Microglia; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; MINOCYCLINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROPENTOFYLLINE; PROSTAGLANDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANXIETY; ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DYSTHYMIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROGLIA; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLIA; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MENTAL FATIGUE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PAIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 3142693908     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERE.0000021243.86287.43     Document Type: Review

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