Changes in three subtypes of tetrodotoxin sensitive sodium channel expression in the axotomized dorsal root ganglion in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-128

  Kim, Chang Hoon ^a   Oh, Youngsuk ^b,c   Chung, Jin Mo ^a   Chung, Kyungsoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic discharge; Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain; Sensory neurons; Tetrodotoxin sensitive Na+ channel

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; DOWN-REGULATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037177482     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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