Morphologically identified cutaneous afferent DRG neurons express three different potassium currents in varying proportions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1814-1824

  Everill, Brian ^b   Rizzo, Marco A ^b   Kocsis, Jeffery D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031945498     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1814     Document Type: Article

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