Reduction of anion reversal potential subverts the inhibitory control of firing rate in spinal lamina I neurons: Towards a biophysical basis for neuropathic pain

Molecular Pain

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Prescott, Steven A ^a   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b   De Koninck, Yves ^c  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANION; GLYCINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHUNTING; SIMULATION; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33750460927     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-2-32     Document Type: Article

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