Voltage-gated sodium channels: Therapeutic targets for pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1260-1269

  Dib Hajj, Sulayman D ^a,b   Black, Joel A ^a,b   Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Diabetic Neuropathy; Inflammation; Pain Disorder; Persistent Pain

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHRONIC PAIN; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCN9A GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 73949096000     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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