Inhibitory control of plateau properties in dorsal horn neurones in the turtle spinal cord in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 506, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 795-808

  Russo, Raúl E ^b   Nagy, Frédéric ^c   Hounsgaard, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYSACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; APAMIN; BARIUM ION; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; BACLOFEN; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DORSAL ROOT; EXCITATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STIMULATION; TURTLE; CHANNEL GATING; FACILITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INOTROPISM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD SLICE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 0032007692     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.795bv.x     Document Type: Article

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