Neurogenic neuroinflammation in fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 639-648

  Littlejohn, Geoffrey ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NALTREXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

5 HYDROXYTRYPTAMINERGIC NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERYTHEMA; EXTRAVASATION; FIBROMYALGIA; GLIA CELL; GLUTAMATE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; COMPLICATION; INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84946484531     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2015.100     Document Type: Review

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