Distribution of synaptic field potentials induced by TTX-resistant skin and muscle afferents in rat spinal segments L4 and L5

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-18

  Lambertz, D ^a   Hoheisel, U ^b   Mense, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group IV fibres; Muscle nociception; TTX

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SURAL NERVE; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33750037946     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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