A brief comparison of the pathophysiology of inflammatory versus neuropathic pain

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-407

  Xu, Qinghao ^a   Yaksh, Tony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; DRG; nerve injury; tissue injury

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRADYKININ; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURALGIA; PAIN PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79960698168     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834871df     Document Type: Article

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