Action of dexmedetomidine on the substantia gelatinosa neurons of the rat spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3182-3190

  Ishii, Hideaki ^a   Kohno, Tatsuro ^a   Yamakura, Tomohiro ^a   Ikoma, Miho ^a   Baba, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 adrenoceptor; Analgesia; Dexmedetomidine; Dorsal horn; Substantia gelatinosa; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

2 (1 METHYL 2 ISOINDOLINYLMETHYL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); JP 1302; OXYMETAZOLINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PRAZOSIN; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 45349093689     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06260.x     Document Type: Article

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