Mechanical transduction by rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-182

  McCarter, Gordon C ^a   Reichling, David B ^a   Levine, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Mechanical transduction; Mechanosensitive current; Patch clamp; Rat; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIL; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ION CURRENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0032823871     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00665-5     Document Type: Article

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