Role of a Ca2+-dependent slow afterhyperpolarization in prostaglandin E2-induced sensitization of cultured rat sensory neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-164

  Gold, Michael S ^a,b   Shuster, Michael J ^b   Levine, Jon D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apamin; Ca2+ dependent K+ current; Capsaicin; Hyperalgesia; Nociceptor; Pain; Primary afferent

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CAPSAICIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; DINOPROSTONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029670491     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12401-0     Document Type: Article

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