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Pharmacology of pain processing systems

Pharmakologie schmerzverarbeitender Systeme

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Intergration of nociceptive signaling comprises peripheral, spinal, and supraspinal sites of the nervous system. Various excitatory or inhibitory neurotransmitter and -modulator systems participate in pain processing and modulation. Chronic pain states are associated with functional and structural alterations of nociceptive pathways. The numerous dynamic changes in the pharmacologically distinct systems offer novel targets for selective pharmacotherapy.

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Die Intergration nozizeptiver Signale umfaßt periphere, spinale und supraspinale Strukturen des Nervensystems. Unterschiedliche exzitatorische und inhibitorische Neurotransmitter und -modulatoren nehmen an der Schmerzverarbeitung und -modulation teil. Chronische Schmerzzustände spiegeln sich in neuroplastischen Veränderungen auf verschiedenen Ebenen der Integration nozizeptiver Information wider. Die Vielzahl dynamischer Veränderungen in den pharmakologisch unterschiedlichen Systemen bieten neue pharmakotherapeutische Ansatzpunkte.

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Schadrack, J., Zieglgänsberger, W. Pharmacology of pain processing systems. Z Rheumatol 57 (Suppl 2), S1–S4 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003930050224

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