Use of dexamethasone with TTX block of nerve conduction shows that muscle membrane properties are fully controlled by evoked activity

Brain Research

Volumn 770, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 242-247

  Pasino, Efrem ^a   Buffelli, Mario ^a   Busetto, Giuseppe ^a   Cangiano, Alberto ^a  

^a Univ V   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic block of nerve impulse conduction; Dexamethasone; Muscle extrajunctional membrane property; Muscle inactivity; Neurotrophic control; Tetrodotoxin; Tetrodotoxin insensitive Na+ channel

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FOREIGN BODIES; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030770944     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00881-0     Document Type: Article

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