Axonal voltage-gated ion channels as pharmacological targets for pain

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 708, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 105-112

  Moldovan, Mihai ^a,b   Alvarez, Susana ^a,b   Romer Rosberg, Mette ^a,b   Krarup, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acquired channelopathies; Internode; Nerve excitability testing; Nerve regeneration; Neuroma; Node of Ranvier; Rodent pain models; Subtype selective voltage gated ion channel blockers; Voltage gated ion channels

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; A 803467; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.3; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED ION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

CELL SURFACE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGENERATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REINNERVATION; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; HUMANS; PAIN; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84877058683     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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