Tetrodotoxin-resistant impulses in single nociceptor nerve terminals in guinea-pig cornea

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 211-217

  Brock, James A ^a   McLachlan, Elspeth M ^a   Belmonte, Carlos ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; BRAIN REGION; COLD RECEPTOR; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN RECEPTOR; POLYMODAL RECEPTOR; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; CILIARY BODY; CORNEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GUINEA PIGS; LIDOCAINE; NERVE ENDINGS; NOCICEPTORS; REACTION TIME; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032191372     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.211bf.x     Document Type: Article

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