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Molecular mechanisms of nociception

Julius, David, Basbaum, Allan I.·2001·Nature

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The sensation of pain alerts us to real or impending injury and triggers appropriate protective responses. Unfortunately, pain often outlives its usefulness as a warning system and instead becomes chronic and debilitating. This transition to a chronic phase involves changes within the spinal cord and brain, but there is also remarkable modulation where pain messages are initiated - at the level of the primary sensory neuron. Efforts to determine how these neurons detect pain-producing stimuli of a thermal, mechanical or chemical nature have revealed new signalling mechanisms and brought us closer to understanding the molecular events that facilitate transitions from acute to persistent pain.

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Authors
Julius, D., & Basbaum, A. I.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Julius, David
Venue
Nature
Published
2001-09
Volume
413
Issue
6852
Pages
203-210
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1883044208
Cited by
2,685
References
73
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health
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
nociception, pain, chronic pain, primary sensory neurons, pain detection, thermal pain, mechanical pain, chemical pain, acute to chronic pain transition, pain signalling, molecular mechanisms
MeSH terms
Animals, Forecasting, Humans, Neurons, Afferent, Pain, Signal Transduction

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