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Sodium channels, pain, and analgesia /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Coward, Kevin, 1969-, Baker, Mark D., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston, MA : Birkhauser, 2005.
Series:PIR (Series)
Subjects:
Pain.
Sodium Channels.
Analgesics.
Table of Contents:
  • Voltage-gated sodium channels and pain associated with nerve injury and neuropathies
  • Current approaches for the discovery of novel Nav channel inhibitors for the treatment of brain disorders
  • Voltage-gated sodium channels and visceral pain
  • The functional interaction of accessory proteins and voltage-gated sodium channels
  • Sodium channels and nociceptive nerve endings
  • Signalling cascades that modulate the activity of sodium channels in sensory neurons
  • Nav 1.8 as a drug target for pain
  • Role of voltage-gated sodium channels in oral and craniofacial pain
  • Sodium channel gating and drug blockade
  • Future directions in sodium channel research