Synaptic pathways and inhibitory gates in the spinal cord dorsal horn

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1198, Issue , 2010, Pages 153-158

  Takazawa, Tomonori ^a   MacDermott, Amy B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; inhibition; pain; tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERESTHESIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPERESTHESIA; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77954615594     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05501.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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