The pH response of rat cutaneous nociceptors correlates with extracellular [Na+] and is increased under amiloride

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2783-2792

  Steen, Kay H ^a   Wegner, Holger ^a   Reeh, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C fibre; Chemosensory; Na+ H+ exchange; Nerve endings; Pain; Protons; Tissue acidosis

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; PROTON; SODIUM ION; SUCROSE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; RAT; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN RECEPTOR; SODIUM CURRENT; TASTE;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NOCICEPTORS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SODIUM;

EID: 0032817158     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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