Fire and phantoms after spinal cord injury: Na+ channels and central pain

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 207-215

  Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b   Hains, Bryan C ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THALAMUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PAIN; PHANTOM LIMB; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THALAMUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33646008569     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2006.02.003     Document Type: Review

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