Sensory and electrophysiological properties of guinea-pig sensory neurones expressing Nav 1.7 (PN1) Na+ channel α subunit protein

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 546, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 565-576

  Djouhri, Laiche ^a   Newton, Richard ^a   Levinson, Simon Rock ^b   Berry, Carol M ^a   Carruthers, Barbara ^a   Lawson, Sally N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7 ALPHA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HAIR; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECORDING; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; PAIN RECEPTOR; PERIKARYON; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; NOCICEPTORS; SODIUM CHANNELS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037440084     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.026559     Document Type: Review

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