Pain modulation by nitric oxide in the spinal cord.
Nitric oxide (NO) is a versatile messenger molecule first associated with endothelial relaxing effects. In the central nervous system (CNS), NO synthesis is primarily triggered by activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and has a Janus face, with both beneficial and harmful properties, d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2009-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.01.024.2009/full |