Tonic inhibitory role of α4β2 subtype of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on nociceptive transmission in the spinal cord in mice

Pain

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 125-135

  Rashid, Md Harunor ^a,b   Furue, Hidemasa ^a   Yoshimura, Megumu ^a   Ueda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhibitory postsynaptic currents; Nicotinic receptors; Nociceptive transmission; Spinal dorsal horn; Substantia gelatinosa; Tonic inhibition; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 BETA2 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; MECAMYLAMINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPERALGESIA; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERMAL INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HYPERALGESIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33749324999     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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