Action potential initiation in the peripheral terminals of cold-sensitive neurones innervating the guinea-pig cornea

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1249-1264

  Carr, Richard W ^a   Pianova, Svetlana ^c   McKemy, David D ^b   Brock, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INNERVATION; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTION POTENTIAL INITIATION; CORNEA; DELTA NERVE FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SODIUM CURRENT; TEMPERATURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTORS; TRPM CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 62749130877     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.167023     Document Type: Article

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