| Description |
xi, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Neurophysiology of Acute and Chronic Pain / Anthony Dickenson and Alison Reeve -- 2. Animal Models of Pain / Alan Cowan -- 3. Recent Advances in the Pharmacology of Opioids / Michael H. Ossipov, Josephine Lai and T. Philip Malan, Jr. / [et al.] -- 4. Some New Insights into the Pharmacology of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs / Keith McCormack -- 5. Peripherally Acting Analgesic Agents / Humphrey P. Rang, Stuart J. Bevan and Martin N. Perkins -- 6. Vanilloids as Analgesics / Andy Dray -- 7. Neurokinin Antagonists / Nadia M. J. Rupniak and Raymond G. Hill -- 8. Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists: Potential Analgesics for Persistent Pain / Terence J. Coderre -- 9. Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonists as Analgesics / Tony L. Yaksh -- 10. Serotonin and its Receptors in Pain Control / Michel Hamon and Sylvie Bourgoin -- 11. Purines: Potential for Development as Analgesic Agents / Jana Sawynok and Anthony Poon |
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12. [gamma]-Aminobutyric Acid and Pain / Norman G. Bowery and Marzia Malcangio -- 13. Cholinergic Agonists as Analgesics / Edgar T. Iwamoto -- 14. Dopaminergic Drugs as Analgesics / Keith B. J. Franklin -- 15. Tricyclic and other Antidepressants as Analgesics / A. Eschalier, D. Ardid and C. Dubray -- 16. Voltage-Gated Ion Channel Modulators / John C. Hunter -- 17. Spinal Drug Interactions / James C. Eisenach and G. F. Gebhart |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Analgesia.
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Analgesics.
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Chronic pain.
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Pain.
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Analgesics -- therapeutic use.
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Pain -- drug therapy.
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| Author |
Cowan, Alan, 1942-
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Sawynok, Jana, 1950-
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| LC no. |
98032316 |
| ISBN |
0471180173 (acid-free paper) |
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