Action of capsaicin on dorsal root-evoked synaptic transmission to substantia gelatinosa neurons in adult rat spinal cord slices

Brain Research

Volumn 830, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-273

  Yang, Kun ^a   Kumamoto, Eiichi ^a   Furue, Hidemasa ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^b   Yoshimura, Megumu ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C afferent; Capsaicin; Spinal cord; Substantia gelatinosa; Synaptic transmission; Whole cell voltage clamp recording

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033526644     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01408-0     Document Type: Article

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