Pharmacology of visceral pain: Central factors

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 31-41

  Aziz, Q ^a   Botha, C ^a   Willert, R ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central sensitisation; Nociception; Pharmacology; Visceral neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ B; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; IRRITABLE COLON; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; STIMULUS; SYNAPSE; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; VISCERA;

EID: 77950797767     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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