The neurobiology of chronic pain states

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-12

  Dickenson, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic pain; inflammation; N methyl d aspartate sensitization; neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREGABALIN; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 37449024940     PISSN: 14720299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.10.006     Document Type: Review

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