A study of the voltage dependence of capsaicin-activated membrane currents in rat sensory neurones before and after acute desensitization

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 721-733

  Piper, A S ^a   Yeats, J C ^b   Bevan, S ^b   Docherty, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Novartis Inst for Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM ION; CAPSAICIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DESENSITIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; ION TRANSPORT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; SENSORY NERVE; SINGLE CHANNEL PATCH CLAMP; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CAPSAICIN; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033178406     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0721p.x     Document Type: Article

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