Sensory Nerves

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Canning, Brendan J. (Editor), Spina, Domenico (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 194
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Table of Contents:

• Role of sensory nerves in disease
• Neuropathic Pain: A Clinical Perspective
• Visceral Pain: The Neurophysiological Mechanism
• Migraine
• Afferent Nerve Regulation of Bladder Function in Health and Disease
• Sensory Nerves and Airway Irritability
• Regulation of Cardiac Afferent Excitability in Ischemia
• Roles of Gastro-oesophageal Afferents in the Mechanisms and Symptoms of Reflux Disease
• Cell and molecular mechanisms regulating sensory nerve function
• Transient Receptor Potential Channels on Sensory Nerves
• Acid-Sensitive Ion Channels and Receptors
• Purines and Sensory Nerves
• Sensory-Nerve-Derived Neuropeptides: Possible Therapeutic Targets
• Cytokine and Chemokine Regulation of Sensory Neuron Function
• The Role of Peptides in Central Sensitization
• Current and Future treatment strategies targeting sensory nerves
• Opioids and Sensory Nerves
• The Pharmacology of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Sensory Neurones
• Role of Calcium in Regulating Primary Sensory Neuronal Excitability
• Future Treatment Strategies for Neuropathic Pa.