Cannabinoid mechanisms of pain suppression

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2005, Pages 509-554

  Walker, J M ^a   Hohmann, A G ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CB1; CB2; Clinical pain; endocannabinoid; Hyperalgesia; Periaqueductal gray; Peripheral; Spinal cord; Supraspinal; THC

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099486449     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26573-2_17     Document Type: Article

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