Some physiological and pharmacological properties of slow depolarization of substantia gelatinosa neurons by repetitive stimulation of C-fibers of dorsal root in adult rat spinal cord slices with dorsal root attached

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Mizukami, Kiyoshi ^a   Kounomi, Shuntaro ^a   Kaneko, Shuji ^a   Satoh, Masamichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C fibers; Dorsal root; Opioids; Rat; Slice preparation; Slow depolarization; Spinal dorsal horn; Substantia gelatinosa

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 (2 METHOXYBENZYLAMINO) 2 PHENYLPIPERIDINE; 3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE METHANESULFONATE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DORSAL ROOT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE FIBERS; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032885668     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00677-1     Document Type: Article

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