Pain relief by supraspinal gabapentin requires descending noradrenergic inhibitory controls

Abstract. Introduction:. Gabapentin regulates pain processing by direct action on primary afferent nociceptors and dorsal horn nociresponsive neurons. Through an action at supraspinal levels, gabapentin also engages descending noradrenergic inhibitory controls that indirectly regulate spinal cord pa...

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Main Authors: Dina L. Juarez-Salinas, Joao M. Braz, Katherine A. Hamel, Allan I. Basbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-08-01
Series:PAIN Reports
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000659