The pentapeptide QYNAD does not block voltage-gated sodium channels

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-229

  Cummins, T R ^a,b   Renganathan, M ^a,b   Stys, P K ^c   Herzog, R I ^a,b   Scarfo, K ^d   Horn, R ^d   Dib Hajj, S D ^a,b   Waxman, S G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMYLTYROSYLASPARAGYLALANYLASPARTIC ACID; PENTAPEPTIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RANVIER NODE; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0037469164     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000042423.36650.BD     Document Type: Article

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