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Getting tough on pain
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2013.12
Subject(s) - nociceptor , chronic pain , medicine , pain medicine , pain management , pain perception , intensive care medicine , nociception , physical therapy , anesthesia , receptor , anesthesiology
More than a decade after the discovery of nociceptors, physicians still have very few options for treating chronic pain. Recent research on pain perception might finally be leading to new therapeutic strategies and drugs.