Na+ channel blockers for the treatment of pain: Context is everything, almost

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Gold, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SAXITOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 39249085112     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.12.001     Document Type: Note

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