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Mechanisms of pain

Author(s) -

Cheryl L. Stucky,

Michael S. Gold,

Xu Zhang

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.211373398

Subject(s) - medicine , chronic pain , pain management , intensive care medicine , bioinformatics , psychiatry , physical therapy , biology

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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