Sodium channels, excitability of primary sensory neurons, and the molecular basis of pain

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1177-1187

  Waxman, Stephen G ^a   Cummins, Theodore R ^a   Dib Hajj, Sulayman ^a   Fjell, Jenny ^a   Black, Joel A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

DRG neuron; Hyperexcitability; Ion channels; Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0032840774     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199909)22:9<1177::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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