Multiple interacting sites of ectopic spike electrogenesis in primary sensory neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2576-2585

  Amir, Ron ^a   Kocsis, Jeffery D ^b   Devor, Marshall ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 AP; Afterdischarge; Ectopic firing; Pain; Repetitive firing; Subthreshold oscillations

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPIKE; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTRICITY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14944339712     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4118-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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