Role of decreased sensory neuron membrane calcium currents in the genesis of neuropathic pain

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-21

  Hogan, Quinn H ^a,b  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHRONIC PAIN; CYTOPLASM; EXCITABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LICKING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RECORDING; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 33847209572     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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