Kainate receptors and pain: From dorsal root ganglion to the anterior cingulate cortex

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1597-1605

  Wu, Long Jun ^a   Ko, Shanelle W ^a   Zhuo, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Chronic pain; Kainate receptor; Nociceptive pathways; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 METHYLGLUTAMIC ACID; 6 (4 CARBOXYBENZYL) 1,2,3,4,4A,5,6,7,8,8A DECAHYDRO 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; 6,7,8,9 TETRAHYDRO 5 NITROBENZ[G]INDOLE 2,3 DIONE 3 OXIME; ALPHA AMINO 5 TERT BUTYL 3 HYDROXY 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; DECAHYDRO 6 [2 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL)ETHYL] 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 5; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 6; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 7; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LY 467711; LY 525327; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NS 1209; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG TARGETING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; PAIN; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID;

EID: 34249855741     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161207780765864     Document Type: Review

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