Gabapentin potentiates N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor mediated currents in rat GABAergic dorsal horn neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 324, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-180

  Gu, Yanping ^a   Huang, L Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Gamma aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity; N methyl D aspartate; Perforated patch clamp; Protein kinase C; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACETIC ACIDS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; ION CHANNELS; ISOQUINOLINES; LYSINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037166065     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00160-X     Document Type: Article

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