title: The pros and cons of degeneracy.
abstract: Drugs could treat neuropathic pain more effectively if they simultaneously targeted two or more types of ion channel.
authors.affiliation: Jean-Marc Goaillard is at Inserm (Inserm UMR_S 1072) and Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France jean-marc.goaillard@univ-amu.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goaillard
authors.forename: Martial A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dufour
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: bursting; degeneracy; dynamic clamp; excitability; membrane potential oscillations; neuropathic pain