5-HT2 and 3 receptor antagonists suppress the response of rat type I slowly adapting mechanoreceptor: An in vitro study

Brain Research

Volumn 969, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 230-236

  He, Liang ^a   Tuckett, Robert P ^a   English, Kathleen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT; Merkel cell; Serotonin; Slowly adapting; Type I mechanoreceptor

Indexed keywords

BEMESETRON; KETANSERIN; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0037453284     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02335-7     Document Type: Article

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