Chemical activators of sensory neurons

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue , 1997, Pages 457-482

  Wood, John N ^a   Docherty, Reginald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dorsal root ganglia; ligand gated channels; nociception

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BRADYKININ; CYCLIC AMP; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

CHANNEL GATING; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030934806     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.59.1.457     Document Type: Review

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