Differential sensitivity to tetrodotoxin and lack of effect of prostaglandin E2 on the pharmacology and physiology of propagated action potentials

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1449-1456

  Farrag, K J ^a   Costa, S K P ^a   Docherty, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potential; Sensory nerve; Sodium channel; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; VERATRIDINE;

A WAVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C WAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VAGUS NERVE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0036212532     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704607     Document Type: Article

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