Characteristics of late Na+ current in adult rat small sensory neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 653-660

  Kiernan, M C ^a,b   Baker, M D ^c   Bostock, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Excitability; Pain; Patch clamp; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0037507202     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00194-5     Document Type: Article

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