Pharmacological properties of T-type Ca2+ current in adult rat sensory neurons: Effects of anticonvulsant and anesthetic agents

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 240-252

  Todorovic, Slobodan M ^a   Lingle, Christopher J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETOMIDATE; HALOTHANE; LANTHANUM; MIBEFRADIL; NICKEL; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; TERT BUTYLBICYCLOPHOSPHOROTHIOATE S 35; VALPROIC ACID; ZINC;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031893944     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.240     Document Type: Article

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