A tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium current mediates inflammatory pain in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-20

  Khasar, Sachia G ^a   Gold, Michael S ^b   Levine, Jon D ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Pain; Primary afferent nociceptor; Sensitization; Tetrodotoxin resistant sodium current

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); DINOPROSTONE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032582612     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00738-1     Document Type: Article

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