Microglia: A Promising Target for Treating Neuropathic and Postoperative Pain, and Morphine Tolerance

Management of chronic pain, such as nerve-injury-induced neuropathic pain associated with diabetic neuropathy, viral infection, and cancer, is a real clinical challenge. Major surgeries, such as breast and thoracic surgery, leg amputation, and coronary artery bypass surgery, also lead to chronic pai...

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Main Authors: Yeong-Ray Wen, Ping-Heng Tan, Jen-Kun Cheng, Yen-Chin Liu, Ru-Rong Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-08-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664611600740