GABA(A)-receptor-mediated conductance and action potential waveform in cutaneous and muscle afferent neurons of the adult rat: Differential expression and response to nerve injury

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2383-2392

  Oyelese, Adetokunbo A ^b   Kocsis, Jeffery D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INJURY; INNERVATION; MUSCLE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MUSCLES; NERVE CRUSH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFERENCE VALUES; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN;

EID: 0029658050     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2383     Document Type: Article

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