Oscillatory activity within rat substantia gelatinosa in vitro: A role for chemical and electrical neurotransmission

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 183-198

  Asghar, Aziz U R ^b   La Corte, Paul F Cilia ^a   LeBeau, Fiona E N ^a   Al Dawoud, Mutaz ^a   Reilly, Siobhan C ^a   Buhl, Eberhard H ^a   Whittington, Miles A ^a   King, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CALCIUM; CARBENOXOLONE; GLYCINE; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; OCTANOL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 13444288242     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.076398     Document Type: Article

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