Physiological Mechanisms Of Neuropathic Pain: The Orofacial Region

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 97, Issue , 2011, Pages 227-250

  Iwata, Koichi ^a   Imamura, Yoshiki ^a   Honda, Kuniya ^a   Shinoda, Masamichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal models; Clinical manifestations of orofacial neuropathic pain; Peripheral nerve injury; Trigeminal ganglion; Trigeminal neuropathic pain; Trigeminal spinal sub nucleus caudalis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; METHADONE; MEXILETINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYCABAZEPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PREGABALIN; PROTEIN FOS; PURINERGIC P2X3 RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALLODYNIA; ASTROCYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; BOOK; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; BURNING SENSATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHORDA TYMPANI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION; DEMYELINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME RELEASE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OROFACIAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THERMOCOAGULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 79959579024     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: 00747742     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385198-7.00009-6     Document Type: Chapter

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