The dorsal root ganglion in chronic pain and as a target for neuromodulation: A review

Neuromodulation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-32

  Krames, Elliot S ^a  

^a Pacific Pain Treatment Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; electrical stimulation; mechanisms of action; neuropathic pain; pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CELL BODY; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL AFFERENT FIBER INJURY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SATELLITE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC PAIN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NEURALGIA;

EID: 84923313742     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12247     Document Type: Article

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