The Physiology of Pain Mechanisms: From the Periphery to the Brain

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-309

  Marchand, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CANNABINOID; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; INTERFERON; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; SUBSTANCE P;

AGING; ALLODYNIA; BRAIN STEM; CAUSALGIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CYSTITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITABLE COLON; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYELINATION; NEURALGIA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TISSUE INJURY;

ANALGESICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47249096149     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2008.04.003     Document Type: Review

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