Spinal cord injury pain: Spinal and supraspinal mechanisms

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-108

  Yezierski, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pain; Cortex; Excitotoxicity; Inflammation; Microglia; Plasticity; Secondary injury; Sensitization; Signaling pathways; Synaptic plasticity; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PAIN; CORTEX; EXCITOTOXICITY; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; SECONDARY INJURY; SENSITIZATION; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; DOSIMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SIGNALING;

PLASTICITY;

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; AGMATINE; BACLOFEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOTOXIN; IMMUNOTOXIN MAC 1 SAP; INTERLEUKIN 10; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; MINOCYCLINE; PREGABALIN; PROGESTERONE; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THALAMUS;

EID: 65949103178     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.06.0074     Document Type: Review

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