Capsaicin blocks tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium potentials and calcium potentials in unmyelinated C fibres of biopsied human sural nerve in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Grosskreutz J ^a   Quasthoff, S ^a   Kuhn M ^a   Grafe, P ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium potentials; Capsaicin; Human sural nerve; Neuropathy; Tetrodotoxin resistance

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0343371819     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12536-2     Document Type: Article

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