Opioid-activated postsynaptic, inward rectifying potassium currents in whole cell recordings in substantia gelatinosa neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2954-2962

  Schneider, S P ^a   Eckert III, W A ^b   Light, A R ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OPIATE; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; HAMSTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

EID: 0032418271     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.2954     Document Type: Article

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