Calcium signaling in single peripheral sensory nerve terminals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4793-4797

  Gover, Tony D ^a   Kao, Joseph P Y ^a,b,c   Weinreich, Daniel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Capsaicin; Cornea; Eye; Nociceptors; Trigeminal primary afferents

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; DILTIAZEM; LIDOCAINE; NIFEDIPINE; SAXITOXIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EYE; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATION;

EID: 0037741037     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-04793.2003     Document Type: Article

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