Neurovascular Unit in Chronic Pain

• Main Authors: Beatrice Mihaela Radu (Author), Placido Bramanti (Author), Francesco Osculati (Author), Maria-Luisa Flonta (Author), Mihai Radu (Author), Giuseppe Bertini (Author), Paolo Francesco Fabene (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic pain is a debilitating condition with major socioeconomic impact, whose neurobiological basis is still not clear. An involvement of the neurovascular unit (NVU) has been recently proposed. In particular, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB), two NVU key players,...