Contribution of the primary sensory neurons and spinal glial cells to the pathomechanisms of neuropathic pain

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-492

  Obata, Koichi ^a   Noguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glia; MAPK; Neuropathic pain; Neurotrophic factor; TRP

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; SUBSTANCE P; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ALLODYNIA; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURALGIA; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPINAL CORD; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS;

EID: 44449162257     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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