Voltage-gated sodium channels and pain pathways

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-71

  Wood, John N ^a   Boorman, James P ^a   Okuse, Kenji ^a   Baker, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitability; Inflammation; Nociception; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CONOTOXIN; CONTACTIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SYNTROPHIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA CHAIN; BETA CHAIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SODIUM CURRENT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 4644357372     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20094     Document Type: Review

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