Phenytoin and carbamazepine: Differential inhibition of sodium currents in small cells from adult rat dorsal root ganglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-98

  Rush, A M ^a   Elliott, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Neuropathic pain; Sensory neurone; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENYTOIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030971813     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00258-9     Document Type: Article

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