Multilevel genomic approach in pain research: Basic science and clinical implications

Reviews in Analgesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Luo, Z David ^a,b   Figueroa, Katherine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic actions; Gene expression profiles; Microarray technologies; Sensory pathways

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; ESTROGEN; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TISSUE INJURY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 40949156625     PISSN: 1542961X     EISSN: 15553876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154296108783994059     Document Type: Review

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