Mechanisms of Pain

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2001 Sep 20

PMID 11562504

Citations 33

Authors

C L Stucky

M S Gold

X Zhang

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Abstract

Persistent or chronic pain is the primary reason people seek medical care, yet current therapies are either inadequate for certain types of pain or cause intolerable side effects. Recently, pain neurobiologists have identified a number of cellular and molecular processes that lead to the initiation and maintenance of pain. Understanding these underlying mechanisms has given significant promise for the development of more effective, more specific pain therapies in the near future.

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