Microglia and neuropathic pain

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 768-772

  Aldskogius, Håkan ^a   Kozlova, Elena N ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Cytokine; Nerve injury; Neuropathy; Plasticity; Purine receptor; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ B1 RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FRACTALKINE; MINOCYCLINE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; TETRACYCLINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DENERVATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MICROGLIA; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84888033646     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/18715273113126660168     Document Type: Review

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