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Pharmacological Mechanisms and the Modulation of Pain, the newest volume in the Advances in Pharmacology series, presents the pharmacological mechanisms and the modulation of pain. With a variety of chapters and the best authors in the field, this volume is an essential resource for pharmacologists, immunologists, and biochemists alike.
List of contents
1. Perspectives and Trends in Pharmacological Approaches to the Modulation of Pain
James E. Barrett and Derick A. Haas
2. MicroRNA-Based Biomarkers in Pain
Sujay Ramanathan and Seena K. Ajit
3. AdvPh #75-08 Modulation of Chronic Pain by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
Santina Chiechio
4. Purinergic Mechanisms and Pain
Geoffrey Burnstock
5. The Role of Store-Operated Calcium Channels in Pain
Frances Munoz and Huijuan Hu
6. Sodium Channels in Pain and Cancer; New Therapeutic Opportunities
Ana Paula Luiz and John N. Wood
7. Antinociception by Sigma-1 Receptor Antagonists: Central and Peripheral Effects
Luz Romero, Manuel Merlos and José Miguel Vela
8. Central N/OFQ-NOP Receptor System in Pain Modulation
Norikazu Kiguchi, Huiping Ding and Mei-Chuan Ko
9. The Role of Regulatory Transporters in Neuropathic Pain
Muhammad Saad Yousuf and Bradley J. Kerr
10. The Pharmacology of Visceral Pain
Anthony C. Johnson and Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld
11. Behavioral Pharmacology and Pain Drug Discovery : Preclinical Pharmacological Approaches in Drug discovery for Chronic Pain
Garth T. Whiteside, James D. Pomonis and Jeffrey D. Kennedy
12. The Potential of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment and Modulation of Pain
Guan-hua Du, Tian-yi Yuan, Li-da Du and Yong-xiang Zhang
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"...recommended not only to pharmacologists but also to all those in related disciplines" --Nature
