Methylene blue induces ongoing activity in rat cutaneous primary afferents and depolarization of DRG neurons via a photosensitive mechanism

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 356, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-625

  Kress, M ^a   Petersen, M ^b   Reeh, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic nucleotide; Excitation; Ionic current; Ongoing discharge; Phototoxicity; Second messenger; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATION; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SKIN;

EID: 0030697512     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005098     Document Type: Article

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