Ionic basis for plateau potentials in deep dorsal horn neurons of the rat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7309-7316

  Morisset, Valérie ^a   Nagy, Frédéric ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge; Bistability; CAN current; Dihydropyridine sensitive intermediate voltage activated Ca2+ current; Dorsal horn neurons; Nociceptive integration; Plateau potentials; Slice intracellular technique

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FLUFENAMIC ACID; MANGANESE; NIFEDIPINE;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; FEMALE; ION CURRENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0033198262     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07309.1999     Document Type: Article

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