Electrophysiological properties of mutant Nav1.7 sodium channels in a painful inherited neuropathy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 8232-8236

  Cummins, Theodore R ^a   Dib Hajj, Sulayman D ^b,c   Waxman, Stephen G ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Hyperpolarization; Neuropathic pain; Skeletal sodium channel; Tetrodotoxin sensitive; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROMELALGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LIMB; MUTATION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPTOM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEURALGIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 4644268452     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2695-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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