Capsaicin preferentially affects small-diameter acutely isolated vat dorsal root ganglion cell bodies

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-34

  Del Mar, Lucinda P ^a   Cardenas, Caria G ^a   Scroggs, Reese S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Capsaicin; Cell diameter; Dorsal root ganglion cells; I(H); Rat

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029782969     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00229552     Document Type: Article

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