Local anaesthetic effects on tetrodotoxin-resistant Na+ currents in rat dorsal root ganglion neurones

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-88

  Brau M E ^a,b   Elliott, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

dorsal root ganglion; Local anaesthetics; Na+ channel; patch clamp; TTX resistant

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; BUPIVACAINE; CINCHOCAINE; ETIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; TETRACAINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION; TEMPERATURE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0031856135     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1998.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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