Effect of capsaicin and analogues on potassium and calcium currents and vanilloid receptors in Xenopus embryo spinal neurones

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-90

  Kuenzi, Frederick M ^a   Dale, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Capsaicin; Capsazepine; Open channel block; Potassium channel; Resiniferatoxin; Vanilloid receptor; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; POTASSIUM ION; RESINIFERATOXIN; VANILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029789560     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15680.x     Document Type: Article

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