Pharmacological Mechanisms and the Modulation of Pain [Hardcover]

Pharmacological Mechanisms and the Modulation of Pain, the newest volume in the Advances in Pharmacology series, presents the pharmacological mechanisms and the modulation of pain. With a variety of chapters and the best authors in the field, this volume is an essential resource for pharmacologists, immunologists, and biochemists alike.

• Contains contributions from the best authors in the field of pharmacology that focus on the pharmacological mechanisms and modulation of pain
• Provides an essential resource for pharmacologists, immunologists, and biochemists

1. Perspectives and Trends in Pharmacological Approaches to the Modulation of Pain
James E. Barrett and Derick A. Haas
2. MicroRNA-Based Biomarkers in Pain
Sujay Ramanathan and Seena K. Ajit
3. AdvPh #75-08 Modulation of Chronic Pain by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
Santina Chiechio
4. Purinergic Mechanisms and Pain
Geoffrey Burnstock
5. The Role of Store-Operated Calcium Channels in Pain
Frances Munoz and Huijuan Hu
6. Sodium Channels in Pain and Cancer; New Therapeutic Opportunities
Ana Paula Luiz and John N. Wood
7. Antinociception by Sigma-1 Receptor Antagonists: Central and Peripheral Effects
Luz Romero, Manuel Merlos and Jos? Miguel Vela
8. Central N/OFQ-NOP Receptor System in Pain Modulation
Norikazu Kiguchi, Huiping Ding and Mei-Chuan Ko
9. The Role of Regulatory Transporters in Neuropathic Pain
Muhammad Saad Yousuf and Bradley J. Kerr
10. The Pharmacology of Visceral Pain
Anthony C. Johnson and Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld
11. Behavioral Pharmacology and Pain Drug Discovery : Preclinical Pharmacological Approaches in Drug discovery for Chronic Pain
Garth T. Whiteside, James D. Pl�