Electrophysiologic evidence for increased endogenous GABAergic but not glycinergic inhibitory tone in the rat spinal nerve ligation model of neuropathy

Anesthesiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 333-339

  Kontinen, Vesa K ^a,b   Stanfa, Louise C ^a   Basu, Amlan ^a   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTERNEURON; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0035143021     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200102000-00024     Document Type: Article

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