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Molecular Pain
Published in: Molecular Pain 1/2007

Open Access 01-12-2007 | Review

Neuronal mechanism for neuropathic pain

Author: Min Zhuo

Published in: Molecular Pain | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

Among different forms of persistent pain, neuropathic pain presents as a most difficult task for basic researchers and clinicians. Despite recent rapid development of neuroscience and modern techniques related to drug discovery, effective drugs based on clear basic mechanisms are still lacking. Here, I will review the basic neuronal mechanisms that maybe involved in neuropathic pain. I will present the problem of neuropathic pain as a rather difficult task for neuroscientists, and we may have to wait for a long time before we fully understand how brain encode, store, and retrieve painful information after the injury. I propose that neuropathic pain as a major brain disease, rather being a clinic problem due to peripheral injury.
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Metadata
Title
Neuronal mechanism for neuropathic pain
Author
Min Zhuo
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Molecular Pain / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8069
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-3-14

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