Effect of halothane on neuronal excitation in the superficial dorsal horn of rat spinal cord slices: Evidence for a presynaptic action

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1278-1290

  Asai, Tatsuya ^a   Kusudo, Kei ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^a   Takenoshita, Makoto ^b   Murase, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inactivation; Inhibitory receptors; Ion channels; Presynaptic inhibition; Volatile anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BARIUM ION; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CALCIUM ION; CESIUM ION; CHLORINE; HALOTHANE; MAGNESIUM ION; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; STRYCHNINE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; IC 50; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STEADY STATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HALOTHANE; MAGNESIUM; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SODIUM;

EID: 0036459965     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01960.x     Document Type: Article

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