Hyperalgesia by synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP): An update

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-27

  Sandkühler, Jürgen ^a   Gruber Schoffnegger, Doris ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OPIATE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE M ZETA; REMIFENTANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

C FIBER SYNAPSE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACILITATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OPIOID WITHDRAWAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE;

ANALGESIA; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; PAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84857232770     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: 14714973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2011.10.018     Document Type: Review

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