Barium ions inhibit the dynamic response of guinea-pig corneal cold receptors to heating but not to cooling

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 575, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 573-581

  Brock, James ^a   Acosta, M Carmen ^b   Al Abed, Amr ^a   Pianova, Svetlana ^a   Belmonte, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BARIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM; FAMPRIDINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORNEA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEAT SENSATION; HEATING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; COLD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BARIUM; COLD; CORNEA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEAT; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; THERMOGENESIS; THERMORECEPTORS;

EID: 33747672695     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.110130     Document Type: Article

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