NMDA receptors and colitis: Basic science and clinical implications

Reviews in Analgesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-43

  Zhou, QiQi ^a   Verne, G Nicholas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Florida South Georgia VA Medical System   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colitis; NMDA receptor; Visceral hypersensitivity; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CYTOKINE; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TURPENTINE; ZYMOSAN;

CHRONIC PAIN; COLITIS; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 40949165050     PISSN: 1542961X     EISSN: 15553876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154296108783994013     Document Type: Review

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