Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 59-64 , April 2010

AMPA receptors and pain—A future therapeutic intervention?

  • Jing Wang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Jing Wang, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, 530 First Avenue, Fl 9, New York, NY 10016
    • ,
  • Yossef Goffer, BA

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2010.03.004

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 59-64 , April 2010

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