Multiple sodium channels and their roles in electrogenesis within dorsal root ganglion neurons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Rush, Anthony M ^a   Cummins, Theodore R ^b   Waxman, Stephen G ^c,d  

^a NEUROSOLUTIONS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ISOPROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PHENYTOIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.3; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.4; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.8; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.9; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; ERYTHROMELALGIA; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION; ACTION POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHRONIC CONSTRICTION INJURY; CURRENT DENSITY; DEPOLARIZATION; FIRING RATE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PAIN RECEPTOR; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 33846974357     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.121483     Document Type: Review

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