The Role Of Trigeminal Interpolaris-Caudalis Transition Zone In Persistent Orofacial Pain

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 97, Issue , 2011, Pages 207-225

  Ren, Ke ^a   Dubner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending modulation; Fos; Glia; Hyperalgesia; Orofacial pain; Pain hypersensitivity; Trigeminal transitions zone

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CD11B ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; FLUOROCITRIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MINOCYCLINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROPENTOFYLLINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ASTROCYTE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BOOK; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FACE INJURY; FACE PAIN; GLIA; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MASSETER MUSCLE; MICROGLIA; MYOSITIS; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN INJURY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 79959593497     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: 00747742     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385198-7.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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