NMDA Antagonists as Potential Analgesic Drugs [electronic resource] / edited by Dalip J. S. Sirinathsinghji, Ray G. Hill

Title	NMDA Antagonists as Potential Analgesic Drugs [electronic resource] / edited by Dalip J. S. Sirinathsinghji, Ray G. Hill
Imprint	Basel : Birkhรคuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhรคuser, 2002
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8139-5
Descript	VIII, 194 p. online resource

CONTENT

Pharmacology and electrophysiology of excitatory amino acid receptors -- Distribution of NMDA receptors in brain and spinal cord -- Spinal nociceptive processing: NMDA receptors and modulation by neuropeptides -- The NMDA receptor, pain and central sensitization -- Some pharmacological aspects of NMDA-mediated nociceptive transmission in the rat spinal cord as revealed by c-fos immunocytochemistry -- Interaction of NMDA and other neurotransmitter receptor systems in modulation of nociception -- Behavioural studies on the potential of NMDA receptor antagonists as analgesics -- Clinically available glutamate receptor antagonists in neuropathic pain states -- Future prospects for improved analgesic therapy

SUBJECT

Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine/Public Health
general