Advances in the management of multiple sclerosis spasticity: Multiple sclerosis spasticity nervous pathways

European Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-8

  Centonze, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptors; Corticospinal tract injury; Glutamatergic pathways; Motor cortex plasticity; Stretch reflex; THC:CBD oromucosal spray

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; NABIXIMOLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL-CANNABIDIOL COMBINATION;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84910024599     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000367615     Document Type: Article

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