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Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Pain

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Basbaum, Allan I., Bautista, Diana M., Scherrer, Grégory, Julius, David·2009·Cell

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The nervous system detects and interprets a wide range of thermal and mechanical stimuli, as well as environmental and endogenous chemical irritants. When intense, these stimuli generate acute pain, and in the setting of persistent injury, both peripheral and central nervous system components of the pain transmission pathway exhibit tremendous plasticity, enhancing pain signals and producing hypersensitivity. When plasticity facilitates protective reflexes, it can be beneficial, but when the changes persist, a chronic pain condition may result. Genetic, electrophysiological, and pharmacological studies are elucidating the molecular mechanisms that underlie detection, coding, and modulation of noxious stimuli that generate pain.

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Authors
Basbaum, A. I., Bautista, D. M., Scherrer, G., & Julius, D.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author
  • Basbaum, Allan I.
  • Julius, David
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-10
Volume
139
Issue
2
Pages
267-284
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2075715972
Cited by
4,344
References
169
Citations by year
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FWCI
16.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS055299, R37NS047723)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
Keywords
pain mechanisms, nociception, pain transmission, central sensitization, peripheral sensitization, chronic pain, pain plasticity, pain modulation
MeSH terms
Animals, Chronic Disease, Humans, Neuronal Plasticity, Nociceptors, Pain

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