Pain modulation by nitric oxide in the spinal cord

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Freire, Marco Aurélio M ^a   Guimarães, Joanilson S ^a   Leal, Walace Gomes ^b   Pereira, Antonio ^a,c  

^a Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal (ELS IINN)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Interneuron; Nitric oxide; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892657037     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.024.2009     Document Type: Review

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