The role of adrenergic receptors and pain: The good, the bad, and the unknown

Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Carroll, Ian ^a   Mackey, Sean ^b   Gaeta, Raymond ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Alpha receptors; Beta receptors; Chronic pain; Clonidine; Epinephrine; Neuropathic pain; Norepinephrine; Pain; Sympathetically maintained pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33847326928     PISSN: 02770326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sane.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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