The capsaicin paradox: Pain relief by an algesic agent

Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-65

  Jancsó, Gábor ^a   Oszlács, Orsolya ^a   Sántha, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Capsaicin; Neurogenic inflammation; Pain; Pain management; Primary sensory neurone; Spinal cord; Trpv1

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE; RESINIFERATOXIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PENETRATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PAIN; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 79952748267     PISSN: 18715230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152311795325514     Document Type: Review

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