L-type calcium channels and NMDA receptors: A determinant duo for short-term nociceptive plasticity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-135

  Fossat, Pascal ^a   Sibon, Igor ^a,b   Le Masson, Gwendal ^a   Landry, Marc ^a   Nagy, Frédéric ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Pain; Rat; Sensitization; Spinal cord; Windup

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 33846253170     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05256.x     Document Type: Article

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