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Painful neuropathies: the emerging role of sodium channelopathies.
Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS - 1 Jun 2014
Brouwer Brigitte A, Merkies Ingemar S J, Gerrits Monique M, Waxman Stephen G, Hoeijmakers Janneke G J, Faber Catharina G
Abstract excerpt
Pain is a frequent debilitating feature reported in peripheral neuropathies with involvement of small nerve (Aδ and C) fibers. Voltage-gated sodium channels are responsible for the generation and conduction of action potentials in the peripheral nociceptive neuronal pathway where NaV 1.7, NaV 1.8, and NaV 1.9 sodium channels (encoded by SCN9A, SCN10A, and SCN11A) are preferentially expressed. The human genetic...
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