Gabapentin - Actions on adult superficial dorsal horn neurons

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1077-1081

  Moore, K A ^a,b   Baba, H ^a   Woolf, C J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; NMDA; Spinal cord; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036918596     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00226-5     Document Type: Article

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