Opioids Inhibit Lateral Amygdala Pyramidal Neurons by Enhancing A Dendritic Potassium Current

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3031-3039

  Faber, E S Louise ^a,b   Sah, Pankaj ^a,b  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Arachidonic; Channel; Kv1.2; Lipoxygenase; Nociception; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; DENDROTOXIN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOXYGENASE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; OPIATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; TITYUS TOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; NARCOTICS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 1642505790     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4496-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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