Are voltage-gated sodium channels on the dorsal root ganglion involved in the development of neuropathic pain?

Molecular Pain

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Gu, Jianguo ^c   Li, Yun Qing ^b   Tao, Yuan Xiang ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.3; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.8; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.9; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; NERVE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

BEHAVIOR; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SPINAL GANGLION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NEURALGIA;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURALGIA; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 79951849512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-16     Document Type: Review

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