Metabotropic glutamate receptors and the control of chronic pain

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-34

  Chiechio, Santina ^a   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2 AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 4; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7 AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 8; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 8 AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; CENTRAL SENSITIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERANCE; GLUTAMATE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL SENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE;

EID: 84857238962     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: 14714973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2011.10.010     Document Type: Review

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