Procaine excites nociceptors in cultures from dorsal root ganglion of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Vlachová, Viktorie ^a   Vitásková, Zdenka ^a   Vyklický, Ladislav ^a   Orkand, Richard K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Algogens; Capsaicin; Cell cultures; Local anesthetics; Noxious heat; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; PROCAINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HEAT; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PROCAINE; RATS; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0345003928     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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