The tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel SNS has a specialized function in pain pathways

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 541-548

  Akopian, Armen N ^a   Souslova, Veronika ^a   England, Steven ^a,b   Okuse, Kenji ^a   Ogata, Nobukuni ^c   Ure, Jan ^d   Smith, Andrew ^d   Kerr, Bradley J ^e   McMahon, Steven B ^e   Boyce, Sue ^f   Hill, Ray ^f   Stanfa, Louise C ^a   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a   Wood, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Centre for Genome Research   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERALGESIA; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033363999     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9195     Document Type: Article

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